STUDENT NEWS

The Israeli Election; A Ray of Hope for Philea

Aired March 13, 2015 - 04:00:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE

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CARL AZUZ, HOST: It`s Friday the 13th and still awesome.

I`m Carl Azuz with CNN STUDENT NEWS.

In the eastern Missouri city of Ferguson, police say two officers guarding a police station were ambushed

and shot on Tuesday. They both survived, but this is just the latest round of violence in a tense suburb in

America.

It started last August, when a white police officer named Darren Wilson shot and killed an unarmed 18-

year-old named Michael Brown.

Large protests followed, with demonstrators saying racism factored into the shooting and the

investigation. Some protests were violent.

A grand jury later cleared Officer Wilson of any wrongdoing. That led to another wave of protests. Parts of

the city were damaged or burned.

The U.S. Justice Department also investigated Brown`s shooting. It said Officer Wilson did not break

federal civil rights law in a way that could be prosecuted. It didn`t charge him.

But it did release a report that said it found regular racial discrimination in Ferguson, both by police and

the city`s court system.

Earlier this week, Ferguson`s police chief resigned. The shooting of the two officers happened at the end

of a protest. Afterward, everyone from the police to Michael Brown`s parents to U.S. government officials

spoke out against the shooting. Authorities launched a manhunt for the 

attackers.

Israel is gearing up for national elections. They`re set to take place next Tuesday. The country is a

parliamentary democracy. Voters 

choose members of parliament. The parliament then selects the prime minister, who leads the country.

Israel is a close U.S. ally in the Middle East, so leaders around the world are keeping track of this

upcoming vote.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ELISE LABOTT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Less than a week before the election, Benjamin

Netanyahu is on the ropes. The latest polls show 

the prime minister running behind a little known mild-mannered politician. Now, the prospect of a major

upset at the hands of Isaac Herzog, known as 

Bougie.

ISAAC HERZOG, CHAIRMAN, ISRAELI LABOR PARTY: There`s fatigue. There`s a lot of disappointment

by Benjamin -- from Benjamin Netanyahu. I 

think his era is over.

LABOTT: Focused more on his current job, Netanyahu has done little grand-handing, but has been quick

to blame, today pointing to a, quote, 

"worldwide effort to unseat him."

Campaign officials say money from around the world, much of it from the U.S., is funding a grassroots get

out the vote drive, called V15 with 

one goal -- get rid of Bebe.

After six years, Netanyahu`s relentless focus on security seems to be falling flat among many

Israelis, who want a leader to not only keep them safe, but deal with rising food and housing prices,

health care and welfare reform.

DAVID HOROWITZ, "TIMES OF ISRAEL": And the increasing inequalities within the Israeli economy, the

emergence and the widening of the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. There, he`s vulnerable in

these elections.

LABOTT: Tens of thousands of people filled Rabin Square in Tel Aviv this weekend to drive home that

message at an anti-Netanyahu rally.

In his final push before election day, the prime minister has doubled down on his security platform, with a

major speech to the U.S. Congress on the threat Israel faces from Iran...

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: I feel a profound obligation to speak to you about

an issue that could well threaten the survival of my country and the future of my people.

LABOTT: -- and hedging on his commitment to a peace deal with the Palestinians leading to a two-state

solution.

Herzog says Netanyahu has an empty brand, warning about growing tensions with the U.S., Israel`s

closest ally, under his leadership.

HERZOG: I think that he failed. And I`m trying to call his bluff on it.

LABOTT (on camera): But the Netanyahu campaign thinks they have the winning hand, with the Iranian

nuclear threat and Islamic extremism engulfing the Middle East, aides say, at the end of the day, when

voters go to the polls, they really realize they feel safer with the prime minister. 

And they hope that is their full house.

Elise Labott, CNN, Jerusalem.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

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Roll Call

AZUZ: From Southeast Asia to Northeast America, it`s time for the CNN STUDENT NEWS Roll Call.

We`ll start in Ho Chi Minh City. It`s in Southern Vietnam and it`s where The Schools of North America are

watching.

Stateside, Olathe is a city in Eastern Kansas. It`s also the home of The Timberwolves, the mascot of

Mission Trail Middle School.

And Boonton is located in Northern New Jersey. Great to see our viewers at Sage Day High School. It`s

the home of The Arctic Fox.

It was a major accomplishment for the European Space Agency. Last November, after 10 years of

traveling, an ESA vehicle landed on a comet. 

The vehicle is named Philea and it was the first time ever that something built by humans made a soft

landing on a comet.

But it didn`t quite go as planned. Philea was supposed to use harpoons and screws to secure itself in

place. That didn`t happen. 

Scientists believe Philea bounced and wound up in a shadow. Because it`s solar-powered, that`s a

problem. Its batteries soon ran out, putting the 

mission on hold.

But there`s a ray of hope for the $233 million lander.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (voice-over): Who could forget this scene, scientists geeking out over a

spectacular landing. But then it bounced and 

now it`s dark.

DR. STEPHEN ULAMEC, PHILEA LANDER MANAGER: We have to be a bit patient right now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With a dead battery and no 310 million mile long jumper cables available,

scientists at Germany`s aerospace center have some 

time on their hands.

ULAMEC: Until the lander gets enough sunlight, the comet is approaching the sun, so that we can

reactivate it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: While they wait for Philea`s ticker to tick again, scientists are paying great

attention to what the lander has already 

sniffed up. Comet 67P, as it`s known, dates back to the early days of the solar system. All comets are

believed to contain an abundance of organic 

matter, which Philea has just begun to crack. It`s already found a carbon element in those molecules that

is the basis of life.

Comet 67P and Philea are getting closer to the sun. And scientists are hoping its rays will rekindle a

dead battery and give new life to this 

remarkable project.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

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Character Study

AZUZ: Fighting hunger, reuniting soldiers with the dogs they left behind, helping heal wounded troops --

these are some of the achievements 

of CNN Heroes, folks who took a step to help others and wound up changing lives.

It doesn`t always take money or trips across oceans, though. Sometimes, it just takes a book. And that

pretty much covers the subject 

of today`s Character Study.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MARIA KELLER, CNN HERO: I`ve always loved to read. It kind of takes you to a different place. My mom

told me when I was eight that some kids 

don`t have books. And that shocked me because everybody should have the option to read.

So I started by just doing a small book drive and then told my parents that I wanted to collect and

distribute one million books to kids in need 

by the time I turn 18.

So welcome to the Reading Warehouse. I was 13 when I reached my goal. We`ve given books to about

16 countries and 40 states.

Meeting the teachers, it`s amazing, because I hear all about the kids they serve.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you, sweetie.

Thank you for your good work.

KELLER: It`s so much fun to see how reading is impacting the community.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good afternoon, sixth grade.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN: Good afternoon.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have about 1,280 students, a large homeless and highly mobile population.

They`re in great need.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN: When Maria Keller came to my school, I was so excited. And she just gave

us books for free and it was amazing.

KELLER: Literacy is so important in education. I want kids to have a better life. I know that reading can do

that.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

Before We Go

AZUZ: Before we go, my producer had me at Agility Pig. Now, maybe she`s not as fast as your average

Border collie, but her owner says she`s 

incredibly smart, the smartest dog she`s ever trained. And since the woman who runs the class doesn`t

discriminate, the pig is encouraged to learn the 

ins and outs of agility.

Her motivation is food. While dogs eventually live for the acclaim of their owners, the pig just wants to pig

out.

And she doesn`t exactly hoof it when she hoofs it. That`s snout what she`s about. But if you could pair her

pro-pigsity for learning with the 

speed of when pigs fly, it would be a porcine for dog owners. They`d be hog-tied while you`d be bacon

records.

I`m Carl Azuz, hamming it up for CNN STUDENT NEWS.

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STUDENT NEWS

Cease-Fire Breakdown; Does Speaking Spanish Sway Hispanic Voters?; Getting Bertha Back on Track

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CARL AZUZ, CNN HOST: The forecast for the Eastern U.S., it`s cold and it`s going to get colder.

That`s what`s first up this Wednesday on CNN STUDENT NEWS.

Some are calling it Snowmageddon. Some are saying they`re snowverit. High temperatures yesterday

were 10 to 25 degrees lower than they usually are. 

And an even colder blast of Arctic air was forecast to roll in today from the Midwest to the Eastern

Seaboard. Hundreds of thousands of people had 

their power knocked out by ice. At least six deaths have been blamed on the latest round of winter storms

and this is having an economic impact, 

too.

The city of Boston, Massachusetts, for instance, has spent more than $30 million just to move snow out of

the way.

Well, at least it`s almost over, right?

Wrong.

Forecasters say another winter storm could be on the way at the end of the week, but it`s too early to tell

if that will materialize.

Since Sunday, there`s officially been a cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and the pro-

Russian rebels who have been fighting them. 

But in some parts of Ukraine, the fire has not ceased. And even though the international community is

calling on both sides to stop fighting, to 

respect the terms of this cease-fire, in some areas, the Ukrainian military and the pro-Russian separatists

say they`re not backing down.

It`s possible that the truce agreed to last week is falling apart.

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The cease-fire remains in this town.

These fighters load their weapons with great care, then head 

to the front line.

(on camera): We`re on the road here with a Ukrainian battalion called the East Corpus Battalion and they

say that they still get shelled all the 

time, that there`s attacks from pro-Russian separatists and that they`re doing their best to try and hold

this town, but they`ve already lost a 

considerable amount of it to the pro-Russian separatists in the past couple of days.

(voice-over): "right now, only about a third of the village is under our control," machine gunner Yuri (ph)

says.

With pro-Russian separatists close by, we need to move carefully and frequently run for cover.

(on camera): So the men tell us we have to really watch out here, because apparently there`s a sniper,

they believe, somewhere in the distance over 

there. They say they take fire here pretty much every day and several times a day. So they really don`t

believe in the cease-fire that`s going 

on. They say it never really took hold here.

"The cease-fire is a farce," says Commander Oleg Shiryayev. "The fighting is continuing now the way it

did before. They continue to attack us, shell 

us. They use artillery and mortars, and sometimes they launch raids."

It`s impossible to tell which side is responsible for breaking the cease- fire here, but to the few civilians we

saw, that didn`t seem to matter. They were packing any belongings they could and leaving.

"The fighting here is very heavy," this woman says. "All the windows of our house are broken. It`s very

terrifying. We saved all our lives to buy 

our house and now we have nothing."

To get back to safety, the fighters lob a smoke grenade to mask our retreat.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Time for the Shoutout.

Which of these languages is the oldest?

If you think you know it, shout it out.

Is it Spanish, Dutch, Romanian or Afrikaans?

You`ve got three seconds.

Go.

The Spanish language, also known as Castilian, dates back to the ninth century, making it the oldest

language on this list.

That`s your answer and that`s your Shout Out.

AZUZ: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 17 percent of the U.S. population is Hispanic or

Latino. It`s about 54 million people, 

making those of Hispanic origin the largest ethnic or race minority in the country.

So it`s probably no surprise that politicians would want to reach that group.

But does speaking Spanish sway Hispanic voters one way or the other?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ, CNN EN ESPANOL CORRESPONDENT: There is a big debate over how you

reach Latinos.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want to just say a few words in Spanish. The cameras here are going to cover

this. I don`t want them to tell them what I said, 

I want to say it myself.

LOPEZ: Some call it pandering, some call it outreach. There was a day when outreach was based on

having majorities (ph) and repeating two or 

three sentences.

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: Si se puede. Si se puede.

LOPEZ: And that`s not necessarily what convinces people.

A lot of people who come to the States later in life and try to learn English have a real hard time. They`re

afraid to put themselves out there, 

to embarrass themselves by mispronouncing words.

So seeing a politician do it, I think, brings people -- politicians to a level that people can identify with.

SEN. TIM KAINE (D), VIRGINIA: Es como es la gamara por la debatier (ph).

LOPEZ: Now, it`s easy to make fun of Mayor Bloomberg.

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (I), FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR: Estamos todo mondo (ph)

precauciones para que todos (ph).

LOPEZ: The fact that he`s willing to go out there, it brings him closer to the people who don`t speak

English fluently.

Jeb Bush was governor of Florida. It`s very helpful to speak Spanish in South Florida.

I think the thing he has in common with his brother is that they understand the Latino culture, that they

know how to speak to Latinos.

GEORGE BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Gracias sienta se (ph).

LOPEZ: It`s played them well and it`s going to play well with Jeb Bush if he ends up being the Republican

nominee. When he launched a PAC recently, 

he did a video in English and then he had a video in Spanish.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hoy estamos esta luciendo (ph) (INAUDIBLE).

LOPEZ: People see that he knows the language, that he cares, that he understands, at least he wants to

speak to them.

It`s more a party thing than a candidate thing. Former President Clinton is still very popular among

Latinos and he doesn`t speak Spanish.

BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Prodesco a los mexicanos (ph).

LOPEZ: But he did get a lot of support.

Their issues and the way they present them are going to be a lot more important than if they speak the

language...

SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R), FLORIDA: Que la palara (ph) visa Presidente Joe Biden.

LOPEZ: -- or don`t speak the language.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Que placar esta aqui con tantos amigos.

LOPEZ: Having someone say it in Espanol will help, but it will not define a candidacy. It will not sway a

vote. People are not going to vote for 

someone just because they sound like them or they look like them or they have a Hispanic last name.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

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Roll Call

AZUZ: Welcome to the CNN STUDENT NEWS Roll Call.

One source for these schools, our transcript page at CNNStudentNews.com.

West Nodaway High School, we`re calling on the Rockets. They`re in Burlington Junction, Missouri.

Next, the Dodgers of Dodgeville. That`s fun to say. Dodgeville Middle School is in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

And we wrap up our Roll in Morocco. Great to hear from The Casablanca American School. It`s in

Casablanca.

The challenge -- replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, a major bridge in downtown Seattle, Washington. It`s

simply worn out.

The method -- bore a giant underground tunnel beneath the city.

The tool, Bertha, a massive digging machine built in Japan.

The problem -- Bertha broke down and repairing a drill this massive takes an engineering feat in itself.

(ON SCREEN)

Getting Bertha Back on Track

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (voice-over): This is Bertha, one of the world`s biggest digging machines.

Bertha`s tall, as high as a five story building. 

It measures about as long as a football field and it was named after Bertha Knight Landes, Seattle`s first

woman mayor.

But Bertha has a big problem. For more than a year, it`s been sitting broken and useless 60 feet

underneath the city`s downtown.

The problems all started in 2013 when Bertha began digging a 1.7 mile highway tunnel using its 260 red

and yellow Tungsten carbide teeth. 

Bertha`s internal conveyor system moved massive amounts of dirt to the surface for removal. Then, after

tunneling about 1,000 feet, Bertha`s 

bearings failed and it started overheating.

So the digging stopped until engineers could figure out how to fix it.

Here`s the solution they came up with. Workers dug a vertical shaft 12 stories deep and lined it with

concrete. Next, engineers will fire Bertha 

back up and send it boring down through that concrete wall and into the shaft.

Then, they`ll hoist its 2,000 ton cutting face to the surface. They`ll fix it and then they`ll lower it back into

the tunnel. Engineers hope Bertha 

will be able to dig the tunnel`s remaining mile and a half.

Will it work?

Will Bertha come through in the end?

There`s a lot at stake. Failure will hike the price tag of the $2 billion project even higher and delay its

completion even longer.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

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Before We Go

AZUZ: Basketball buzzer beaters are always fun, at least for the team that gets them. But this one is

nothing short of amazing.

Why?

Because it`s made from half court. This happened at an event for wounded U.S. service members at Fort

Belvoir. Wheelchair basketball is one of the 

events that dozens of American athletes compete in. It helps determine who will advance to a major

Department of Defense competition this summer.

We`d say that guy has got a pretty good shot. It makes sense he`d get a lot of buzz for it. It netted him

some nationwide attention.

I`m Carl Azuz, CNN STUDENT NEWS rebounds tomorrow.

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STUDENT NEWS

NASA Warns of Mega Droughts; Monument Trivia; Inside the Warner Brothers Archives

Aired February 17, 2015 - 04:00:00   ET

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UPDATED.

CARL AZUZ, HOST: Hope you had a great weekend, whether it was three days or two.

I`m Carl Azuz.

We`re glad to be back with you this Tuesday, February 17.

First up, the U.S. government has said Egypt is helping in the international fight against the ISIS terrorist

group. There have not been 

a lot of details about how, but one way was pretty clear over the weekend.

News broke that ISIS had executed 21 Christians from Egypt. The murders appeared to have been

carried out in Libya, a country that shares a 

border with Egypt. So Egypt struck back, sounding multiple waves of fighter jets to Libya, targeting ISIS

camps, training grounds and weapons 

stashes.

The Egyptian military says avenging Egyptian blood and punishing criminals and murderers is our right

and duty.

Next in the headlines, another European country is dealing with an apparent terrorist attack. A gunman

targeted a free speech event in 

Denmark Saturday. He might have been targeting this man, Lars Vilks. Vilks is a cartoonist who`s

illustrated the Prophet Muhammad, which many 

Muslims find offensive.

He survived, but three police officers were wounded and a 55-year-old man was killed. Police say the

gunman later targeted a cafe in Copenhagen, 

killing one person there. Officers eventually killed the suspect in a shootout.

Last night, tens of thousands attended a vigil in the Danish capital to honor the victims.

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has a new warning out about mega droughts,

droughts that could last generations. 

There`s not one happening now in the U.S., but scientists believe one is possible if conditions continue

the way they are now.

In fact, NASA says parts of the country look like they`re going to get drier no matter what.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (voice-over): A new NASA study predicts that by the end of the 21st century, the

American Southwest and Great Plains are 

likely to experience longer and more severe droughts than at any other time in the last thousand

years.

(ON SCREEN)

NASA warns of "mega droughts"

BEN COOK, NASA CLIMATE SCIENTIST: So recent droughts such as the ongoing drought in California

or in the Southwest, or even historical 

droughts such as the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, these are naturally occurring droughts that typically last

several years or sometimes almost a decade. 

And our projection for what we`re seeing is that with climate change, many of these types of droughts will

likely last for 20, 30, sometimes even 40 

years.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Scientists looked at 1,000 years of tree ring data and compared those records

with soil moisture data from 17 different 

climate models in order to extend this drought information into the future.

Scientists looked at two different possibilities.

First, a business as usual scenario where worldwide greenhouse gas emissions continue on their

current course. In this case, the future risk 

of lengthy droughts rises to 80 percent.

Alternatively, if the world were to take aggressive actions to reduce emissions, the models still show

drying, but the trends will be less 

severe.

COOK: These droughts really represent events that nobody in the history of the United States has ever

had to deal with. And so even in the 

modern era, droughts such as the ongoing droughts in California and the Southwest, these normal

droughts act as major stressors on water resources 

in the region, so we expect that with these much longer droughts, it`s going to be even more impactful

and cause even more problems for 

agriculture and ecosystems in the region.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

(ON SCREEN)

Roll Call

AZUZ: Indiana is indisputably The Hoosier State.

Now you might be asking, OK, who`s your pick for today`s Roll Call?

Tri-County Jr..-Sr. High School. It`s in Wolcott, Indiana. It`s the home of The Cavaliers.

We`re going to jump a few states west of there to visit our friends in Kansas. Southwest Middle School is

in Lawrence and it`s where we found The 

Bulldogs.

And we`ll wrap up in South Dakota, where we`re Elk-cited for the Elks of Elkton. Hello to everyone

watching at Elkton Public Schools.

Yesterday, we and many of you were off for President`s Day, but employees of the U.S. federal

government were off for Washington`s 

Birthday.

Which is right?

Both.

The holiday started as Washington`s birthday. The government still calls it that. But Abraham Lincoln was

also born in February, and thanks, 

in part, to stores having sales, it came to be known as a day to honor all presidents.

Here`s some trivia about the monuments to those presidents.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MICHAEL KELLY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RANGER: Some guides, some books, even, note the fact

that only men were allowed to ride the elevator, the 

thinking being that if the cable snapped, that only men would be among the casualties, not women and

children.

There`s no truth to that whatsoever.

The real history is always more fascinating, but, you know, it never takes much to get a rumor started and

perpetuated.

CHRIS MOODY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For President`s Day this year, we went and visited some of

the presidential monuments around Washington, DC.

We want to share with you some of the secrets, some of the facts and some of the myths about the

monuments here in town.

In the Washington Monument, you find graffiti from Civil War soldiers who used the space as a lookout

during the war.

KELLY: Soldiers went up to the top of the shaft, which was 156 feet above ground, used it as an

observation platform to detail and study any 

Confederate movements across the river. And while soldiers were in it, they left behind a lot of

evidence of their presence.

You can see dates, names carved into the marble here, and initials, as well.

MOODY: You might need a flashlight for this, but if you look very closely at part of the Lincoln Memorial

you can find one of the names of 

the artists chiseled into the stone.

There`s a myth going around that Robert E. Lee is sculpted into the back of Abraham Lincoln`s head in

his curls. But the rangers say that 

that`s absolute bunk.

A lot of times these secrets of the presidential monuments are in the history.

KELLY: Behind the statue of Lincoln, there is a symbol of Robert E. Lee. And that symbol is famously the

view across the river. We see atop 

Arlington Ridge, the column`s impediment of Arlington House, which is now the Robert E. Lee Memorial.

MOODY: Did you know that it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who worked tirelessly to get the

Jefferson Memorial built?

Most people look at Thomas Jefferson`s gaze in his memorial and they think he`s looking across the tidal

basin at the White House, when, in 

fact, he`s looking just slightly to the right of the White House, where there`s a statue of Alexander

Hamilton looking right back.

KELLY: Both men served under George Washington. Both became, effectively, the leaders of political

parties. George Washington hated the 

idea of factions in political parties. So it`s quite interesting that if you look at it in that context, that

Jefferson actually is looking at 

Alexander Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton is looking back, and standing between them is the

monument to President Washington, who tried to bridge 

their differences, tried to unify them in a common purpose, but failed.

So with memorial architecture and siting of statues, we can tell that story.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

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Before We Go

AZUZ: The Batman movies, the Superman movies, the Harry Potter movies, Casablanca, they all have a

few things in common. Many are highly 

successful. They`re all affiliated with Warner Brothers. And they all had costumes, sets, vehicles, stages

designed especially for them.

Where does all that stuff go?

The exact answer is a secret, but it`s one the outskirts of London, United Kingdom.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: More than 10,000 props, 3,000 costumes, iconic objects from some of the world`s

favorite films, all meticulously sorted 

and stored here, in the Warner Brothers archive.

MAX FOSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So in this section, rail upon rail of costumes. You`ll recognize

the Hogwarts uniform there. And you can get a 

sense of how Daniel Radcliffe aged as he played Harry Potter over the years.

This from the first movie and this one from the last.

More Harry Potter items, right.

Indeed, the golden snitch, which is used in the Quidditch scenes.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, COURTESY WARNER BROTHERS)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There`s no magic to be used between the classes in the corridors.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What`s that?

MORGAN FREEMAN, ACTOR: Oh, the Tumbler?

Oh, you wouldn`t be interested in that.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

FOSTER: Check out the Tumbler, all two and a half tons of it, fully functioning, from the wind screen wiper

to the 5.7 liter engine.

(voice-over): Some of the props were stored so they could be repurposed later on. But above all, Warner

Brothers says it`s about 

preserving their shared history.

LISA JANNEY, VP, CORPORATE ARCHIVES, WARNER BROTHERS: Today`s day and age, the value

of memorabilia is huge. People love and connect with those 

assets, with those television shows and feature films.

FOSTER: The advances in special effects mean that much of what we see in movies today is done with

computers. But even the most high tech film 

still needs some real props.

George Clooney`s space suit from "Gravity" and Sandra Bullock`s. And the capsule that falls into the

water right at the end of the movie. But 

in order to film the scenes inside that, they built this.

So this is the space where Sandra Bullock was desperately trying to get back down to Earth. The detail

really is incredible. There we are. 

I`m ready. My task is complete.

Max Foster, CNN, I can`t tell you where I am.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

AZUZ: So no word on the exact whereabouts of the warehouse, where it houses ware worn in the house

of Warner Brothers Pictures. But we`re glad 

we could picture it for you, though the door is clothes to us otherwise, except for maybe the most movie

savvy costumer.

I`m Carl Azuz from the CNN studios in Atlanta.

We`ll produce another moving picture for you tomorrow.

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STUDENT NEWS

The Keystone Pipeline; How Vaccines Work

Aired February 13, 2015 - 04:00:00   ET

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CARL AZUZ, HOST: Fridays are awesome, even Friday the 13th of February.

I`m Carl Azuz for CNN STUDENT NEWS.

It`s great to see you.

There was a breakthrough yesterday at a conference in Minsk, Belarus. Representatives from France, Germany, Russia and Ukrainian gathered there 

to discuss the situation in war-torn Ukraine.

The result of the talks, a cease-fire agreement. Fighting in Ukraine is scheduled to end on Sunday. The Ukrainian government and the separatist 

rebels fighting it are set to pull back their heavy weapons, release all hostages and illegally held prisoners and start discussing elections in two 

areas controlled by rebels who support Russia.

International officials are optimistic about the agreement, but parts of it are similar to a previous cease-fire made last September which fell 

apart.

In another part of Europe, a verdict announced in the trial of the captain of the Costa Concordia. If that doesn`t sound familiar, this 

should look familiar. It was a cruise ship sailed too closely to the rocks near a Tuscan island three years ago. Thirty-two people died in the 

accident and on Wednesday night, a judge announced that Captain Francesco Schettino was guilty of causing a maritime disaster, multiple counts of 

manslaughter and abandoning ship when people needed help.

His penalty?

Sixteen years in prison and court costs.

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Shout Out

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Time for the Shout Out.

In the U.S. Congress, what kind of vote is required to override a presidential veto?

If you think you know it, shout it out.

Is it a simple majority in Senate?

Simple majority in House and Senate?

Three quarters vote in House?

Or two thirds vote in House and Senate?

You`ve got three seconds.

Go.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s not easy for lawmakers to override a presidential veto. That requires a two thirds vote in both the House and 

the Senate.

That`s your answer and that`s your Shout Out.

AZUZ: A president can veto, refuse to sign any bill, preventing it from becoming law. And President Obama is expected to veto a piece of 

legislation just passed by the Republican-controlled Congress.

The law would authorize construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The president has threatened to veto it. He believes the decision should be 

made by the executive branch and the State Department is still reviewing the project.

Several polls have indicated most Americans support building the pipeline. A handful of Democrats in Congress joined Republicans in voting 

for the law, but neither chamber is expected to have the two thirds majority required to override a likely presidential veto.

So what`s the pipeline all about?

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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The Keystone XL pipeline extension would stretch about 1,200 miles, most of it in the United States, from 

Alberta,

Canada down to Nebraska.

There are lots of pipelines out there, some of which would connect with this.

So why all the fuss about this extension?

First of all, the environment. Opponents say that they fear that this will spoil the landscape. If there is a spill, that it could contaminate 

ground water, hurt humans and animals. And they say this is dirty oil, a type of oil that when it`s burned, produced more greenhouse gases.

Supporters say the company that wants this, TransCanada, has already promised much more robust safety measures, that rail shipments are rising 

already to bring this oil in and the rail shipments are riskier than the pipeline would be.

The second issue, jobs. Supporters like to cite a study that says somewhere around 42,000 jobs or more would benefit from this pipeline. 

That includes not only the people who work on it, but people in restaurants and hotels and supply houses. But opponents say that`s all temporary. 

That`s for one or two years while this thing is built. In the end, there may be only 50 permanent jobs coming out of this.

So that raises the real question, why would you want to build this thing at all?

It`s only 36 inches across.

Does it really make a difference?

Supporters say yes, it does. It means about 830,000 barrels of oil a day coming into the United States from a secure ally, reducing our 

dependence on

Overseas oil from places like Venezuela or the Middle East.

Whereas opponents say, look, it is just not worth it. For all those various reasons they`ve already cited, even as supporters continue to say 

look, it`s time, after all this debate, to dig the trenches and to get this pipe into the ground.

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Roll Call

AZUZ: Its flag is green with a picture of Washington. Its nickname is Evergreen. It`s the state of Washington. It`s the state of Quincy High 

School. You can`t catch the Jack Rabbits. They`re online in Quincy.

River Chase Middle School is in Pelham. That`s in the Yellowhammer State of Alabama. Watch out for the Panthers.

And Bitburg is a city in Germany. On yesterday`s transcript page, we heard from Bitburg Middle School. Thank you for watching.

In our reporting on the spread of measles in the U.S., we`ve talked a lot about vaccines. The CDC recommends vaccines against 16 different 

diseases. Many shots in multiple doses for American children.

It says they`re our best defense.

But some parents delay or skip vaccinations for their children out of concerns about the number or safety of them.

How do vaccines work?

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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When you get a disease like measles or chicken pox, you develop immunity to it so you`ll 

never get it again. A vaccine tricks your body into thinking you`ve had the disease when you really haven`t.

Here`s how it works. A needle delivers the virus into your body and in response, your immune system develops antibodies. That virus is either 

killed or weakened so you won`t get sick.

The antibodies are defenders and fight off that particular germ and they stay in your bloodstream, always on the lookout for the invader. So 

if you ever do encounter the germ, the antibodies will go into action mode and you won`t get the disease, or you`ll get a less severe version of it.

And if enough people get vaccinated, you achieve what`s called herd immunity -- so many people are vaccinated, there`s little chance of a 

widespread outbreak. That makes it a lot safer for people who can`t be vaccinated, like babies or some people with cancer.

Vaccines usually cause no side effects or just mild ones. For example, with the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, one out of every 

six people will get a fever. One out of every 20 a mild rash. Serious side effects are less frequent. Seizures caused by fever, one out of 3,000 

doses; a serious allergic reaction, one out of a million doses. And according to the Centers for Disease Control, deafness and permanent brain 

damage have been reported after the MMR vaccine, but it`s so rare, it`s hard to tell whether those are caused by the vaccine or by something else.

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5 Things To Know

AZUZ: Just ahead of Valentine`s Day this weekend, we`re bringing you five things to know about the holiday.

But one thing we`ll say right off about this report, you`re going to love it.

First, the name. Saint Valentine`s Day was probably named after a Christian priest who was martyred in the third century. There were a few 

people named Valentine, though, so it`s hard to be sure.

Second, the tradition. Valentine`s Day became associated with romance in the 1300s. Today, more than 60 percent of American adults say they 

celebrate.

Third, the Valentines -- commercially printed cards appeared in the U.S. in the mid-1800s. Europe started at least 100 years before that. One 

hundred and fifty million cards and gifts are sent each year in America.

Fourth, what gifts?

Thirty-six million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, according to History.com; 257 million roses, according to AboutFlowers.com; Valentine`s 

Day is the number one holiday for florists.

And fifth, the money. The National Retail Federation expects Americans to spend almost $19 billion on the holiday. Men will drop about 

$190, on average; women about $96. But you can`t put a price on love.

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Before We Go

AZUZ: We may be near Valentines, but we could have showed you this near Halloween. It looks like a decrepit, run-down vacant witch`s house 

that`s falling apart. It`s actually a lived in landmark in Beverly Hills.

It was first built in Culver City, California in 1920 and used as a movie studio office and dressing room. A producer moved it to Beverly 

Hills in 1924 and it`s been a private home ever since.

It`s not for sale and it`s hard to say what it`s worth, whether it`s buyer beware or buyer bewitched, it`s hard to say which unless you are a 

witch, in which case, the witch`s place is the place in which to lay your broom.

That`s a state of things.

We will be off Monday. There`s no show for President`s Day.

We hope to see you Tuesday when CNN STUDENT NEWS returns.

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