CNN students news 2011-04-01

(CNNStudentNews)--April1,2011DownloadPDFmapsrelatedtotoday'sshow:TranscriptTHISISARUSHTRANSCRIPT.THISCOPYMAYNOTBEINITSFINALFORMANDMAYBEUPDATED.CARLAZUZ,CNNSTUDENTNEWSANCHOR:ItisFriday,April1st--nofoolin'--andyou'rewatchingCNNStudentNews!Hello,everyone.I'mCarlAzuz.Firstuptoday,we'reheadingtotheNorthAfricannationofLibya.FirstUp:LibyaCivilWarAZUZ:Butatoprankingofficialfromthatcountryisheadingout!Libya'sforeignministerturnedupinLondonyesterday.HisnameisMoussaKoussa,andhetoldthegovernmentinLondonthathehadresignedhispositioninLibya.Koussaissomeonewho,justamonthago,wasdefendingtheLibyangovernment.BritishofficialssayKoussa'sresignationisaseriousproblemforLibyanleaderMoammarGadhafiandhisauthorityinLibya.U.S.militarycommandershavesaidthatLibyaisnotabootsonthegroundoperation,meaningtheyaren'tplanningtosendgroundtroopsintothecountry.We'veheardPresidentObamasaythat,too.ButtheU.S.CentralIntelligenceAgency--theCIA--isonthegroundinLibya.AsourcetoldCNNthatoperativesfromtheagencyaregatheringintelligenceandsometimesconnectingwithrebelfighters.NATO--theNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization--hastakencommandofthecoalitionmilitaryoperationinLibya.Now,whenwesaythatNATOhastakencommand,sowhat?Whatdoesthatmean?Well,NATOisanorganizationthat'smadeupof28countriesfromNorthAmericaandEurope.TheUnitedStatesisakeymember.SoaretheUnitedKingdom,France,Germany.NATOdoesn'thaveitsownuniquetroops.NATOforcesaremadeupoftroopsfromthosemembercountries.SoU.S.forces,Britishforces,Frenchforces:They'restillverymuchapartofthisoperationinLibya.CrisisinJapanAZUZ:InJapan,officialsareworriedaboutthelevelsofradiationintheoceanwaternearthedamagedFukushimaDaiichinuclearpowerplant.Officialssaythoselevelsareskyrocketing,andthere'snoclearideaofwhat'scausingthespikeorhowtostopit.SamplestakenonWednesdayshowthatthelevelsofoneradioactiveisotopeinthewateraremorethan4,000timeshigherthanthelimitthat'sapprovedbyregulators.Butoneofficialsaidtheseawaterradiationdoesn'tposearisktopeopleeatingseafood,atleast,notyet.U.S.EnergyPlanAZUZ:CutAmerica'suseofforeignoilby33percent.That'samainpartofPresidentObama'snewenergyplan.He'snotexpectingthatcuttohappenimmediately.Histargetdate:theyear2025.Criticssaythat'stoofaroff,thatchangesneedtohappensooner.Anotherquestion:What'sgoingtoreplacetheenergyfromthatforeignoil?MeganClohertylooksatsomeoptions.(BEGINVIDEO)MEGANCLOHERTY,CNNCORRESPONDENT:Inresponsetorisinggasprices,PresidentObamaoutlinedaplantoexpandoffshoreoilandnaturalgasdrillingtoprovideshort-termreliefandotherstepsthatwouldallowthenationtotransitiontocleanerandcheapersourcesofenergy.U.S.PRESIDENTBARACKOBAMA:Weconsumeabout25percentoftheworld'soil.Weonlyhavetwopercentofthereserves.CLOHERTY:ObamasaidthedemandsofglobaloilconsumptionandtheinstabilityintheoilmarketleaveAmericawithnootherchoicebuttoactnowtoestablishitsenergyindependence.OBAMA:We'vegottodiscoverandproducecleanerrenewablesourcesofenergythatalsoproducelesscarbonpollution,whichisthreateningourclimate.Andwe'vegottodoitquickly.CLOHERTY:ThepresidentsaidthatdespitefearsraisedbythenuclearplantemergencyinJapan,heisnotabandoningnuclearpowerasanalternativetooil.WhileObama'splantoincreaseoffshoredrillingmayupsettheenvironmentallobby,hisenergysecretaryemphasizedthedrillingisashort-termfix.U.S.SECRETARYOFENERGYSTEVENCHU:Ultimately,whatthisisaboutisdiversifyingoursupplyofenergy.CLOHERTY:Republicanleaderschargedthepresident'sprogramwon'tdomuchtomakethingsbetterforAmericansanytimesoon.SEN.MITCHMCCONNELL,(R)MINORITYLEADER:Thepresident'stargetisdecadesfromnow,butAmericansshouldbeabletoexpectactionnow.CLOHERTY:Whilethepresident'seffortstoreduceoilpricesbringmotoristsreliefatthegaspump,theadministrationplanstoraisefuelefficiencystandardsforcarmakersthisfall,whichcouldresultinanincreaseinstickerprices.MeganCloherty,forCNN,Washington.(ENDVIDEO)What'stheWordTOMEKAJONES,CNNSTUDENTNEWS:What'sthewordforwhensomethingontheinternetspreadsveryquickly?VIRALThat'stheword!Anti-BullyingVideoAZUZ:Thevideoaboutbullyingthat13-year-oldAlyePollackpostedonYouTubewentviral.Withintwoweeks,nearly50,000peoplehadseenit.Alyesatinfrontofthecameraandhelduppiecesofpaperintroducingherselfandsharingsomeofthenamesbullieshavecalledher.There'sbeenalotoftalkrecentlyabouttheinternetgivingbulliesmorewaystopickonpeople.Alyeturnedthetables,goingonlinetospeakoutagainstit.Andshesayshervideoismakinganimpact.ALYEPOLLACK,MADEANTI-BULLYINGVIDEO:I'vehadalotofpeoplecomeuptomeandsay,NowIknownottosaybadthings.IthinkbeforeIdosaysomething.Andthat'sjustamazing,becausepeopleareactuallybeingaffectedbymyvideo.TowntheInternetBuiltAZUZ:Youcanusetheinternettospeakoutagainstbullying.YoucanuseittowatchCNNStudentNews.Butcantheinternetbuildupanentiretown?Youmightsayno.EuniceYoonsaysyes.Infact,shehasthisreportfromatowninChinathat'sshowingexactlyhowitcanbedone.(BEGINVIDEO)EUNICEYOON,CNNINTERNATIONALCORRESPONDENT,HONGKONG:It's4:00intheafternoon,rushhour.MostpeopleinChinaarestartingtogohomefromwork.ButforthepeopleofQingyanliuvillage,theirdayhasjuststarted.ThistinyvillagenearthemanufacturinghubofEwusetsitsclockbytheonl