2011-4-08 CNN Student News

(CNNStudentNews)--April8,2011DownloadPDFmapsrelatedtotoday'sshow:TranscriptTHISISARUSHTRANSCRIPT.THISCOPYMAYNOTBEINITSFINALFORMANDMAYBEUPDATED.CARLAZUZ,CNNSTUDENTNEWSANCHOR:Hi,I'mCarlAzuzandthisisCNNStudentNews,whereFridaysareawesome!Butyoualreadyknewthat.Your10minutesofcommercial-freeheadlinesstartrightnow!FirstUp:BudgetBattleAZUZ:Firstup,governmentshutdown.ThattermisdominatingconversationsaroundtheU.S.Capitolrightnow.Quickrecaponthebackground:TheU.S.governmentdoesnothaveabudgetinplace.Itneedsonetokeeprunning.IfCongresscan'tpassadeal--oranextension--bymidnighttonight,partsofthegovernmentwillshutdown.WeproducedthisshowonThursdayevening,andatthattime,therewasnodeal.CongressionalleadersmetwiththepresidentearlierinthedayattheWhiteHouse.TheywereexpectingtoheadbackformoremeetingslaterThursdaynight.We'vetalkedalittlebitthisweekaboutwhatmightbeaffectedifthegovernmentshutsdown.YoucancheckoutourarchivesatCNNStudentNews.comtoreviewthat.Ifthishappens--andagain,thatisanif--wouldn'tbethefirsttime.Between1977and1980,thereweresixshutdowns.Ninemorebetween1981and1996.They'vebeenasshortasthreedays,aslongas21days.Again,thedeadlinetomakeadealismidnighttonight,soyou'llwanttocheckoutCNN.comforthelatestdetails.What'stheWord?MATTCHERRY,CNNSTUDENTNEWS:What'sthewordforsomethingthat'scausedbyorrelatedtoanearthquake?SEISMICThat'stheword!Japan'sFishingIndustryAZUZ:PartsofJapanwererattledbyarecentseismicevent.Notthemassiveearthquakethathitlastmonth.We'retalkingaboutanewquakethatstruckonThursday.TheU.S.GeologicalSurveysaidthisonehadamagnitudeof7.1.It'snotaspowerfulaslastmonth'squake,butitdidhappeninthesamearea,offthenortheastcoastofJapan.Thisnewquakewasclosertothecoastanditledtosometsunamiwarnings,butthosewerecanceledwithin90minutes.Therewerenoreportsofanycasualtiesinsidethequakezone.We'vereportedontheoriginalquakeandtsunamidisaster'simpactonJapan'seconomy,onitsyoungpeople.Butit'salsohadadevastatingimpactonsomeofthenation'sfishermen.PaulaHancockshasthatstoryforusnow.(BEGINVIDEO)PAULAHANCOCKS,CNNINTERNATIONALCORRESPONDENT:BoatcarcasseslitterthecoastlineofnortheastJapan.Thecountry'sbiggestearthquakeever,followedbyadevastatingtsunami,followedbyaragingfireinatleasttwoportcities.Andnow,radioactivewaterisbeingpumpedintothesea.TheJapanesegovernmentsaysitwasanunavoidableemergencymeasure,butJapan'sfishermenaredesperate.KazuoSatoinspectshisoysterfloats,forcedalmostakilometerinlandbythetsunami,toseewhatcanbesalvaged.Onlytheropeisofanyuse.Forthreegenerations,hisfamilyhasbeenfarmingoystersandscallopsintheshallowwatersofthePacificOcean.Heputslittlestockingovernmentassurancesthatthereleaseposesnomajorhealthrisk.KAZUOSATO,OYSTERFARMER:Hesays,Noneofuscantrustwhattherealsafetylevelofradiationinseawateris,becausethegovernmentkeepschangingitbasedonwhatnuclearplantsneed.Itmakesmesoangry.HANCOCKS:SatoknowsitwilltakealongtimetorestorefaithinJapanesefishandseafood,evenwithinJapanitself.AuthoritiesestimatethatinIwateprefecture,whereweare,around96%ofallboatshaveeitherbeendestroyedorthey'restillmissingafterthetsunami.Evenwithoutthecontaminationinthewater,fearsthefishingindustryherehasbeendecimated.ThefishmarketattheportofKesennumaisdeserted.LocalssaytheywantitopenagainbyJuly,butdon'tknowifmanywillbefishingbythen.WataruItoiscleaningupthefishprocessingplantheworksin.WATARUITO,FISHPROCESSINGWORKER:Hesays,It'sgoingtotakeatleast2yearstogeteverythingbacktonormal.HANCOCKS:Eventhosewhoseboatsarestillintactarenotfishing.YOSHIICHIMIURA,KESENNUMAFISHERMAN:Thisfishermansays,Ican'tfindwheremynetsandtoolswerewashedto.HANCOCKS:Anareaoncebustlingwithfishermen,nowaboatgraveyard.PaulaHancocks,CNN,Rikuzenkataka,Japan.(ENDVIDEO)ShoutoutTOMEKAJONES,CNNSTUDENTNEWS:Today'sShoutoutgoesouttothesocialstudiesclassesatCheneyHighSchoolinCheney,Kansas!Whatorganizationcomesupwiththenamesforhurricanes?Youknowwhattodohere!Isitthe:A)WMO,B)USGS,C)NASAorD)FDIC?You'vegotthreeseconds--GO!TheWMO,theWorldMeteorologicalOrganization,isinchargeofthelistofnames.That'syouranswerandthat'syourShoutout!HurricanePredictionAZUZ:Oneforecastcenterispredictinghowmanyhurricaneswe'llseeintheAtlanticoceanthisyear.Now,onethingyougottaremember:Hurricanescanformatanytime.ButtheAtlanticseason--whenthey'remostlikelytoform--runsfromJune1stthroughtheendofNovember.Andduringthattime,forecastersfromColoradoStateUniversityarepredicting16namedstorms,withnineofthoseformingintohurricanes.Justbecausethat'stheprediction,doesn'tmeanit'sgonnahappen.Italsodoesn'tmeanthosestormswillnecessarilymakelandfallintheU.S.Lastyear,therewere12Atlantichurricanes.NoneofthemmadelandfallintheUnitedStates.PenmanshipAwardAZUZ:Acouplemonthsago,wecoveredastoryoncursivebeingwrittenoff--getit?--atsomeschools.Itmightseemlikepenmanshipislosingitsprominence.Butthat'snotthecaseforthefolkswhoruntheNationalHandwritingContest.Andit'snotthecaseforNicholasMaxim,whojustwonapenmanshipaward.What'smoreimpressivethanthe5thgraderbeinghonoredforhishandwritingisthefactthathedoesn'thavehands.WhenNicholaswasborn,hisarmsstoppedathiselbows.Andhedoesn'tuseprostheticlimbs,either.H