Download November 7, 2014

Scott: What is up? It is Friday November, 7th. I am Scott Evans and Channel One News
starts right now.
First up today we are taking a look at headlines and starting with the worldwide team
effort to beat Ebola.
It takes money, military, science, and government to end this disease. And even
Facebook is now asking for your help.
It is all part of the urgency to find a vaccine.
The World Health Organization said that millions of doses of two experimental Ebola
vaccines could be ready for use as early as January with more being tested in March.
And a San Francisco company is working to develop a way to put vaccines in tablet
form, eliminating refrigeration which can be hard to find in poor countries.
Just yesterday the British military opened an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone.
The U.S. military is already on the ground with two Ebola centers in Liberia.
And now Facebook is launching a fundraising campaign, making it easier for everyone
to donate to organizations like Doctors without Borders.
And next up, a new round of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
There have been a series of attacks this week in Jerusalem.
And many say it is all related to a fight over a site that is holy to Christians, Muslims,
and Jews: the Temple Mount in the heart of Old Jerusalem.
Yesterday, a van rammed into three Israeli soldiers on the West Bank. All three were
injured.
On Wednesday, a policeman was killed in another car attack.
And thirteen people were injured when a Palestinian man slammed his car into a train
station and a bus stop in Jerusalem.
Now cement barriers are in place to prevent future attacks.
Police said the attacker had ties to the militant Palestinian group, Hamas. The focal
point, and some say cause, of the rising tension and violence is Temple Mount.
While the area is sacred to Jews and Muslims, Jews are only permitted to pray their
under strict conditions.
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This week, Muslim Palestinians clashed with police after a Jewish politician attempted
to pray at the site.
Jewish activists have been pushing for more rights and access to the site, going beyond
the current agreement. This has prompted fears among Palestinians that Israel will take
over the Temple Mount.
And that's going to do it for headlines. Now we are continuing our celebration of twentyfive years of Channel One News.
So we are going to be showing you some happy birthday shout-outs from former
Channel One News reporters and anchors. And first up, here's Errol Barnett from CNN.
Errol: What's going on everyone, I'm Errol Barnett. That is how I used to start each
episode of Channel One News back in the day when I was lucky enough to be one of
the anchors in-between 2001 and 2006.
But before that, I was just like you, going to high school and watching Channel One
News every day, learning what's happening in the world.
For me, it was The Channel, as I used to call it that sent me all over the states and
overseas and really helped establish a great journalistic foundation for me that in many
ways help me get here to CNN International.
I mean for Channel One I covered elections, extreme weather, and wars.
Currently, you can see me anchoring the overnight weekday news hours here on CNN.
You can also see what I’m up to at any moment under @errolcnn on Twitter.
So enough about me, you all go celebrate. Want to wish the entire Channel One team a
happy 25th and hope you all have a great day. Take Care.
Scott: Thanks, Errol!
Now we want to hear from you! So film a video with your friends or your classroom
saying "happy birthday Channel One" and email it to us at [email protected].
And you never no, we might feature your video on the show.
Alright coming up, they are small and they are tiny, they even fit in your pocket. But
could those earbuds be hurting your hearing.
Those little ear buds you stick in your ears to listen to music could mean big trouble for
your hearing. So you will definitely want to take a listen to what Demetrius Pipkin found
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out.
Demetrius: Sound is the future for music student Brianna Trainor.
Brianna: I like to get in four hours a day, if I can.
While she plays, she wears earbuds to listen and keep time with the music.
Brianne: It’s great to be in your own little musical world. But your little musical world isn't
going to last as long if your hearing goes away and you can't hear that anymore.
Demetrius: Doctors say more and more people are being diagnosed with hearing loss.
And it is because of an accessory millions of Americans use every day: earbuds.
Dr. Robert Treptow: Earbuds are safe when used properly.
Doctor Robert Treptow specializes in audiology at his Wisconsin clinic.
Treptow: We generally do see people that maybe are even as young as their 40s or 50s
that have hearing loss that we would see in the past maybe not until they reach the age
of like 60s or 70s.
The concern is the length of time we are using earbuds to listen to music.
boy : I listen to music like 6 to 8 hours a day.
Lily: Like four hours a day, maybe.
Hannah: About four hours a day.
Treptow: That speaker right in your ear canal, you can reach really excessive loud
volumes that can be damaging to your hearing.
Demetrius: A recent study found that one in five American teens suffers from some form
of hearing loss.
Treptow: Kids listen to music a lot more than they used to.
Demetrius: Many people are listening at levels louder than eighty-five decibels, which is
the limit before your ears to possible loss.
And just to put that into perspective, twenty-five decibels is about the level of a whisper.
Outside traffic can reach about eighty-five decibels. But the problem is that many of
your common ear buds can reach over a hundred decibels, which can permanently
damage your eardrums.
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In fact, at 100 percent volume, you could be damaging your ears after just five minutes
of use.
Treptow: Once the damage is done, there is no reversing it.
Demetrius: Dr. Treptow says the key to making sure your volume can't go above eightyfive decibels is to use the custom volume setting on your iphone or Android. If you don't,
the sound could wear on your hearing.
But not hearing the different notes of music is not an option for Breanna.
Breanna: I want to be playing music and listening to music for the rest of my life, even if
I get old and can't hold a pair of drumsticks anymore.
Demetrius Pipkin, Channel One News.
Scott: And experts say listening at full volume for three hours is the same as listening to
a jet taking off for thirty seconds, so you will definitely want to be careful.
Alright, coming up, we have got the Next Big Thing!
This week's Next Big Thing is about a menu item that might go missing from your school
lunch.
But first, let's see what you thought about last week’s idea.
We told you about a new mirror that takes your selfie and then posts it to your Facebook
wall.
So is the S.E.L.F.I.E mirror the Next Big Thing?
Well 60 percent of you said yes, snap away. But 40 percent of you said no, I'll take my
own, thanks.
This week we are taking a look at a growing trend across the country, one where
schools are saying no to meat on the lunch menu.
Not every day though, just Mondays.
So what's on a Monday meatless menu at schools in Sarasota, Florida?
You have your choice of hummus, veggie subs, spaghetti, veggie pasta bake, or taco
salad.
But no one is forcing these kids to eat their veggies. They asked for it.
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Beverly Girard: We're doing the entire program because of student requests. They fill
out surveys or they have participated in focus groups.
Scott: And the Sarasota kids aren’t alone when it comes to menu options with no meat.
There's a national effort to promote healthy eating by cutting out meat on Mondays.
See, Americans eat a lot of meat which it can lead to obesity and other diseases.
“Meatless Mondays” is not only a way to get kids thinking about how to fight obesity, but
it also helps the environment.
As the global population heads toward a predicted 9 billion by 2050, traditional food
sources may no longer exist.
And raising livestock, like cows and pigs, already takes up 70 percent of the world's
farmland.
The meat industry generates almost one-fifth of man-made greenhouse gas emissions,
accelerating climate change.
Also the water demands on livestock are huge. An estimated twenty-five hundred
gallons of water go into a single pound of beef.
And those reasons may be why many schools across America are joining in the
“Meatless Mondays’” campaign, from New York to Utah, and Texas to California.
But the idea of “Meatless Mondays” is nothing new. It dates back to World War I and II.
Even President Roosevelt asked Americans to stop eating meat in order to have more
food for our fighting soldiers.
So can you get nutrition without meat?
Girard: “Meatless Mondays” still meets all of the federal guidelines that we have for the
national school lunch program. They are items that have already been nutritionally
approved for our school menu. So there is really no difference with the nutrition.
Scott: So does this mean we should give up on meat altogether? Proponents say not at
all, just once a week on Monday.
So what do you think? Are “Meatless Mondays” the Next Big Thing? Well head to
Channelone.com to weigh in. And that is going to do it for us this week. Have an epic
weekend and we will see you right back here on Monday!
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