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