CNN Students news 2011-05-05

(CNNStudentNews)--May5,2011DownloadPDFmapsrelatedtotoday'sshow:TranscriptTHISISARUSHTRANSCRIPT.THISCOPYMAYNOTBEINITSFINALFORMANDMAYBEUPDATED.ALLIE,ROWANCOUNTYMIDDLESCHOOLSTUDENT:Hi,I'mAllie.SARAH,ROWANCOUNTYMIDDLESCHOOLSTUDENT:AndI'mSarah.We'refromRowanCountyMiddleSchoolinMorehead,Kentucky.We'dliketorecognizeMs.Hood,oursocialstudiesteacher.ALLIE:Andtellherhowmuchweappreciateherforwhatshedoesforus.BOTHSTUDENTS:Weloveyou,Ms.Hood!CARLAZUZ,CNNSTUDENTNEWSANCHOR:Weloveyoutoo,Ms.Hood!AndallofyouteachersoutthereasTeacherAppreciationWeekcontinues.I'mCarlAzuz.Your10minutesofcommercial-freeheadlinesstartrightnow!FirstUp:PhotoReleaseDebateAZUZ:Firstup,PresidentObamaisscheduledtomeetwithfamiliesofvictimsofthe9/11terroristattacks.Themeeting'sscheduledforthismorning.Andthey'rehappeningashevisitsGroundZero,thesiteoftheWorldTradeCenter,whichwasattackedon9/11.ThevisitcomesdaysafterOsamabinLaden--themanresponsibleforthe9/11attacks--waskilledbyU.S.forces.ThathappenedatthiscompoundinPakistan.Yesterday,PresidentObamasaidthegovernmentwon'treleaseanypicturesofbinLaden'sbody.Thisisadebatethat'sbeengoingonsincetheterroristleader'sdeath.Shouldpicturesbereleasedasproof?ThegovernmentconfirmeditwasbinLadenthroughDNAtesting,butsomepeoplesaythat'snotenoughevidence;theywanttoseeproof.OneargumentisthatreleasingaphotocouldangerterroristswhomightwanttoretaliateagainsttheU.S.Anotherargumentisthatifthephotosaregoingtogetouteventually,thegovernmentshouldreleasethemnow,onitsownterms.Today'sDailyDiscussionquestionsatCNNStudentNews.comencourageyoutoconsiderthesamequestionsthatlawmakersaredebating.Whatarethepotentialprosandconsofreleasingthesephotos?Andhowmightdifferentgroupsofpeoplereactifthephotoseverarereleased?ShoutoutTOMEKAJONES,CNNSTUDENTNEWS:Today'sShoutoutgoesouttoMrs.Tate'ssocialstudiesclassatLaurens-MarathonMiddleSchoolinLaurens,Iowa!WhichofthesespecialoperationsgroupsispartoftheU.S.Navy?Youknowwhattodo!Isit:A)ForceRecon,B)GreenBerets,C)SEALsorD)CombatControllers?You'vegotthreeseconds--GO!SEALsarepartoftheU.S.Navy;thenamestandsforSea,AirandLand.That'syouranswerandthat'syourShoutout!MissionTrainingAZUZ:Sea,airandland,becausetheSEALsaretrainedtooperateinallofthoseenvironments.SEALshavebeenanintegralpartofthewarsinIraqandAfghanistan.AnditwasagroupoftheseelitetroopswhocarriedouttheoperationthatkilledOsamabinLadeninPakistan.ChrisLawrenceshowsushowtheytrainedforthismission.(BEGINVIDEO)CHRISLAWRENCE,CNNPENTAGONCORRESPONDENT:TheteamthatkilledOsamabinLadenhadgonethroughthousandsofscenariosforassaultingacompound,justlikethisgroupofNavySEALsonU.S.soil.ButtheteamthatwentafterbinLadenwasspecial,partoftheNavalSpecialWarfareDevelopmentGroup,orDEVGRU.STEWSMITH,FORMERNAVYSEAL:ThisSEALteamistheall-staroftheSEALteams.LAWRENCE:StewSmithisaformerSEALwhosaysthemeninthatraidhaveatleastfiveyearsasspecialoperators.SMITH:ThisSEALteamisbasedoncombatexperience.Andalltheseguysprobablyhave100,200missions.LAWRENCE:TheCIAprovideddetailedsatellitepicturesofbinLaden'scompound,enoughtobuildareplicawheretheSEALteampracticed.Aseniordefenseofficialsaysforatime,theytrainedwithoutknowingwhotheiractualtargetwas.ButbySunday,theyknewthelocationofeverygateandwindowinthatcompound,theexactheightofthewalls.JOHNBRENNAN,DEPUTYNATIONALSECURITYADVISOR:Theyoperatedaccordingtothat,andtheydidn'tknowwhentheygotthereexactlywhatsomeoftheinternalfeaturesofitwouldbe.LAWRENCE:ThedefenseofficialsaysbythetimetheSEALsranoutofthehousewithbinLaden'sbody,theycouldprobablycounttheexactnumberofstepstothehelicopteroutside.Specialoperatortrainingisbrutal.UNIDENTIFIEDMALE:Let'sgo,Johnson.Fletchjustpassedyouup.LAWRENCE:ButthementhattookdownbinLadendon'tnecessarilylooklikelinebackers.SMITH:Theyhaveagreatdealofmuscle.Justnoteverybodyismassive.Youknow,youdon'thavetobe,youknow,6'5,250poundstobeaSEAL.LAWRENCE:TwoteamsweresupposedtofastropedownfromtheBlackhawks.Butonehelicopterhadmechanicalproblemsandhadtolandhard;putoneteamdirectlyontheground.Therewasacontingencyplan,andtheSEALsscrambledouttocontinuetheirmission.SMITH:There'sareasonwhytheybroughttwohelicopters.BecauseintheSEALteams,wesaytwoisone;oneisnone.And,youknow,theyknewwhattodoevenintheeventofadownedhelicopter.(ENDVIDEO)LeveeConcernsAZUZ:EffortstolowerfloodlevelsinthemidwesternU.S.areworking,butthethreatisstillthere.Wetoldyouyesterdaythatofficialsaretryingtohelpsomecommunitiesbyintentionallyfloodingotherareas.Wealsotalkedaboutthetensedebateoverthatplan.RobMarcianoisinMissouri,wherethisishappening.Hefiledthisreportyesterdayontheexplosivesituation.(BEGINVIDEO)ROBMARCIANO,AMSMETEOROLOGIST:Daytwooftheexplodingleveeextravaganza.Extrememeasurestakenfor,really,anextremefloodevent.Wehaven'tseenthislevelontheriverhereinMississippiandalongtheOhiosince1937.Andyesterday,theyblewupasecondlevee.Takealookatthisvideo.Extraordinarystuff,duringthedaytime.Soilandearthbeingblownabovethetreetops.Thatisattheoppositeendofthisfloodway,sothatsomeofthiswatercanbegintodrain.Thisisfarmland.Thisisnownotsogoodfarmland,atleastforthisyear.Andthathasalotoffarmersupset.There'sclass-actionlaws