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Happy Valentine`s Day, everyone. I`m Carl
Azuz. Welcome to another lovely edition of
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CNN STUDENT NEWS. One thing that isn`t lovely
as far as many Americans are concerned, the
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weather. From North Carolina to Boston, another
winter storm is frosting the East Coast, possibly
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the worst the northeast has seen this winter.
Ice, sleet, snow, freezing rain, all making
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it nearly impossible in some places to go
anywhere. And staying home wasn`t great either
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for more than 700,000 power customers in the
dark. New Yorkers were looking at 15 inches
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of snow and that`s just a snapshot of the
eastern seaboard.
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Right now, Mother Nature is serving up tragedy
and misery. There are ten confirmed deaths
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due to the storm. Obviously, amid this tragedy,
there also problems and pain, but some people
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are able to find simple pleasures in so much
wicked weather.
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A snowball fight in front of the Lincoln Memorial
shows the lighter side of the storm, but government
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agencies are taking the snow seriously. Forecasters
expect up to ten inches of snow in the nation`s
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capital. Officials have ordered all federal
offices closed. The plows were out on force
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Wednesday in Raleigh, North Carolina, but
for a lot of stranded drivers, it didn`t do
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much good. Officials in the southeast urge
people to stay home if they could as the road
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conditions got progressively worse. Even first
responders who are having a hard time getting
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around slipping and sliding as they try to
get their vehicles moving again.
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As if ice on roads wasn`t bad enough, the
weight of ice and snow brought trees down
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into power lines and in some cases, into homes.
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This "Roll Call" is going to the dogs, because
Valentine`s Day is all about puppy love.
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At Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Missouri,
we`ve got the bull dogs. Thanks for watching,
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yo.
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Up to Chicago, Illinois, it`s where we find
the Uno Soccer Academy High School and the
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fearsome wolves. And in Williston, North Dakota,
some coyotes are watching CNN STUDENT NEWS.
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Howlo to Williston High School.
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All right, big business is making big headlines
this week. Cable and Internet provider Comcast
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is planning to buy Time Warner Cable for $45
billion. This would combine the two biggest
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cable companies in the U.S. And give Comcast
$30 million customers. The U.S. government
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must first approve the deal, and it may not,
if it thinks it would give the new company
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too much control over the market. Both Comcast
and Time Warner Cable say this is good news
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for customers, that the merger will mean higher
broadband Internet speeds, faster Wi-Fi in
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people`s homes, faster releases of new products.
But critics are concerned it would limit people`s
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choices and lead to higher prices. And last
year, a consumer satisfaction index ranked
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the companies lowest in the nation for TV
and Internet customer service.
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Can you sue the president? The answer is yes.
Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton, George
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W. Bush and Barack Obama have all been sued.
The outcomes vary, of course, but it shows
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you that even the leader of the country is
not immune to lawsuits. The latest one involving
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President Obama has been brought by Republican
Senator Rand Paul. He says the president and
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other parts of the U.S. government violated
Americans privacy rights by collecting millions
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of Americans phone and email records. The
government says its controversial program
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has helped to prevent terrorism. What the
courts will say is uncertain.
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Senator Rand Paul`s lawsuit joined by the
Tea Party umbrella group FreedomWorks is the
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latest legal effort to put the heat on President
Obama and the National Security Agency over
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collection of telephone metadata, the numbers,
dates and times of calls, but not the content.
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This we believe will be a historic lawsuit.
We think it may well be the largest class
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action lawsuit every filed on behalf of the
Bill of Rights.
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An unusual lawsuit that Paul hopes will gain
public support, it goes after the president
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and the director of National Intelligence,
of the NSA and the FBI, on behalf of millions
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who have been customers, users and subscribers
of phone service since 2006.
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Paul wants the federal courts to declare the
metadata collection program unconstitutional,
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shut it down and order the government to approach
(ph) the information from its systems. But
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the administration insists the program is
legal.
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It has been found to be lawful by multiple
courts. And it receives oversight from all
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three branches of government including the
Congress.
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Is the lawsuit a good idea?
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Our information, I think it should be private.
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The idea that anybody could be listening to
my private life. That kind of, you know, it`s
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a little bit creepy.
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I think it`s just kind of a stunt to get attention.
I doubt anything (INAUDIBLE) should go over
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to the lawsuit.
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There were already cases in the federal courts
involving the same legal questions: whether
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the program violates your constitutional right.
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There is no question that the underlying legal
question is going to have to be resolved by
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the federal courts sometimes soon. It just
doesn`t seem like Senator Paul suit is going
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to be the vehicle, through which the courts
do it.
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Time for "The Shoutout." Acrophobia is the
fear of what? If you think you know it, shout
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it out! Is it ice, spiders, dancing or heights?
You`ve got three seconds, go!
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If you dread heights, you might just be acrophobic
and you wouldn`t want the job we`re about
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to describe. That`s your answer and that`s
your shoutout.
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And that`s because it`s at the world`s tallest
building. Not near the bottom of it, not indoors.
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The Burj Khalifa stands more than half a mile
high. It`s located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
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a place that`s no stranger to sand storms.
How do they keep it clean?
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When they built the world`s tallest building,
Dubai`s Burj Khalifa, it was covered in 24,000
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separate panels of glass. Dipak Ghal`s job
is keeping them clean.
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"The work is interesting, and the view is
beautiful," he tells me. Dipak is one of around
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60 migrant workers, mostly from Nepal, India
and the Philippines who clean windows here.
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And in this dusty desert climate, there is
plenty of work for them.
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They start at the very tip top.
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We`re standing on the 159th floor of the Burj
Khalifa. That`s about 35 stories higher than
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most tourists get to go. It doesn`t sound
that high, perhaps. But if you come over here,
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take a look over the edge, I think you might
change your mind.
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It`s more than 2700 feet, or nearly a kilometer
straight down, certainly not a job for the
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faint of heart, especially when you`re repelling.
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Dipak had never seen a building even half
this height before, let alone climbed one.
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But his brother said he should leave Katmandu
and give it a try. Safety comes first. And
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while they trust their equipment, harnesses
and ropes are checked and double checked.
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Wind speed is also measured. Because up here,
one big gust could be dangerous.
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"The wind can toss you around the building,
from right to left, "He says. "If it`s too
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strong, we don`t work that day."
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When the inspections are done, they step out
over the edge and deep down to business.
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It will take those three months to clean each
and every window and then they start all over
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again. The building`s contractor, though,
says, rope access is still the most efficient
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way to get the job done. For Dipak, it`s also
a decent living. As a new recruit, he can
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make over $600 a month, much more than he`d
earned as a construction worker building skyscrapers
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like this one.
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"My mom always asks me why I do this. And
says it looks dangerous," he tells me. She
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wants me to come back to Nepal and get a regular
job, but I tell them no, no, no. I like it.
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And this is a good living.
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And he says, just another day at the office.
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Jon Jensen, CNN, Dubai.
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Americans are expected to spend $17.3 billion
on Valentine`s Day stuff. That`s over 55 bucks
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for every person in the country. Chocolate
boxes, a popular gift, date back to the 1860s.
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But few things are sweeter than the long awaited
and well deserved homecoming of U.S. troops.
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No, it`s not only me. It`s them that made
that sacrifice.
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I want my mom to come home .
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So, this is (inaudible). He`ll meet Dad for
the first time.
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I don`t try to pull it off. They think I`m
coming home in about three weeks.
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I really just want to make - make them feel
better about it, you know, and hopefully this
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.
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And I can`t even explain.
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Hi, mom.
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The absolute joy.
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I`m daddy.
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Mom!
Daddy!
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Welcome back home.
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It`s tough to beat something so heartfelt.
Whether or not you love Valentine`s Day, we
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hope you have one sweet weekend with chocalot
of fan. We will be off Monday for the President`s
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Day holiday. So we`ll look forward to seeing
you again on Tuesday. I`m Carl Azuz.
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