Maggie: Hey everyone. It is Monday, May 4. I am Maggie Rulli and Channel One News starts right now.
Let's start off with headlines and first up, we begin in Baltimore, a city still drawing national attention to the issue of police conduct.
Over the weekend a city-wide curfew was lifted and the governor started to drawdown the presence of the National Guard. This, as police officers have been charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
Residents in Baltimore are celebrating the arrest of the six officers involved in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.
Baltimore's top prosecutor said Gray's arrest was illegal and officers were negligent.
Marilyn J. Mosby: The manner of death deemed a homicide by the Maryland state medical examiner is believed to be the result of a fatal injury that occurred while Mr. Gray was unrestrained by a seatbelt in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department wagon.
Maggie: Gray died of a severe spinal injury a week after his arrest. The charges against the officers include second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and second degree assault.
Gray's family said they are satisfied.
Richard Shipley: These charges are an important step in getting justice for Freddie.
Maggie: Those supporting the officers are blaming public pressure and say it is a rush to judgment. Protesters say their work is not yet done.
Female: We're still watching, we're still listening and we're not gonna stop.
Maggie: More rallies are planned throughout the week.
Next up, we head to the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. That's where the Italian Coast Guard said it rescued more than 4,000 people over the weekend.
Nearly 4,500 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya over the weekend, and 10 bodies were recovered. It is believed to be the biggest rescue mission of its kind so far this year.
Italy is coping with a rising wave of desperate migrants from Africa and Middle East hoping to make it to Europe.
Nearly 2,000 people have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean, a big spike from the same period last year.
Since last month's record disaster when 900 people from one boat drowned, patrols have increased to help migrants. They are often found on shoddy overcrowded boats that breakdown.
Once they reach Italy, they will be held in detention centers. Then the government will decide if they can stay or if they must go back home.
And last up, all eyes were on Las Vegas over the weekend as millions tuned in to watch the most anticipated boxing match of the decade.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Manny Pacquiao in a unanimous decision, both splitting a purse of $300 million, making this the richest bout of all time.
Ringside tickets sold for as much as $350,000 apiece.
It is no exaggeration to say that everyone in the Manny Pacquiao’s home country of the Philippines tuned in to see the fight. The Philippine Electric Company even urged people to turn off refrigerators and air conditioners so they could avoid power outages.
And in the U.S., the biggest pay per-view event in boxing's history hit a power glitch when the networks of cable and satellite companies appeared to be overloaded, delaying the start of the fight.
Alright coming up, we meet a group who is risking everything to save ancient treasures from ISIS.
ISIS has led a brutal campaign across Syria and Iraq, terrorizing the people there and threatening the U.S. Now, the terrorist group is also attacking the region's history by destroying its culture. Scott Evans has more.
Scott: A city that stood for 3,000 years, now reduced to dust in a matter of seconds.
That's what a new video from the terror group ISIS claims. But it has not been independently confirmed.
If true, this crater is all that's left of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, one of Iraq's greatest archaeological treasures. It appears to confirm reports that ISIS destroyed the site weeks ago.
The video, bearing the black flag of ISIS, shows militants taking apart Alabaster artifacts block by block. The men use sledgehammers and jackhammers to take down walls, and power tools to cut through stone.
In February, ISIS showed similar scenes of destruction in the city of Mosul's main museum, part of a plan to wipe out ancient works of art and history in regions under its control.
So why would a group do this? Well, experts say it is a way to erase history that the extremist group doesn't agree with. And it is also a way to make a lot of money to buy weapons and equipment.
In March, ISIS stole priceless artifacts to sell on the black market. Like these funeral busts from a world heritage site, Palmyra, stolen right from their tombs. Acts like this are what compelled Syrian-British archaeologist Dr. Amr Al Azm and a small group of his former students to stand up against ISIS and work to protect and save priceless historic artifacts.
Dr. Amr Al Azm: Some of them were once museum curators, archaeologists who feel passionate about their own culture, their own history, and about their own country. And they feel that it is part of their duty, their responsibility to protect this cultural heritage.
Scott: Armed with only cell phone cameras, notepads, and sandbags, they protect fragile mosaics and artifacts. Azm's men face gunfire and even snipers while traveling through dangerous ISIS territory.
When gunfire damaged a museum near his hometown, volunteer Ayman Inabu, lead a team to protect its priceless contents.
Ayman Inabu: Antiquities represent our heritage, our identity. Those who have no history, have no future.
Scott: But they don't have the resources to keep up with ISIS, who brought in bulldozers for the take down of the city of Nimrud, and rigged barrels full of explosives; once the jewel in a region known as the cradle of civilization, now blown into oblivion by an extremist group that has proven it is anything but civilized.
Azm: On the scale of the damage that's being done, we're not winning. It's better than doing nothing.
My daughters will ask me the question, what did you do in the war? What did you do to save something that you believe was very important? And I would be ashamed to say to them that I did nothing. Shameful. I can't. You have to do something.
Scott: Scott Evans, Channel One News.
Maggie: And if you want to check out an interactive map that shows the area these activists are fighting in to save ancient artifacts, just head to Channelone.com.
Alright coming up, one teacher is asking a very simple question and getting some big answers.
Now Arielle, today kicks off National Teacher Appreciation Week.
Arielle: It sure does. And we have the story of one teacher who is simply asking her students to share more about their lives outside the classroom.
Third grade teacher Kyle Schwartz tries to teach her students about the world. But she was more curious about the world they live in, where 93 percent of students get financial help from the government.
Kyle Schwartz: It's just this simple powerful way to help kids advocate for themselves.
Arielle: So, she created a simple assignment where she wrote “I wish my teacher knew that,” and asked her students to fill in the answer.
And there were some pretty honest responses. Like, “My reading log is not signed because my mom is not around a lot.”
“I miss my dad because he got deported to Mexico when I was three years old, and I haven't seen him in six years.”
And, “I don't have pencils at home to do my homework.”
Schwartz: I can give them pencils. Once I know.
Arielle: Mikylah Lenkiewizc wanted to explain why she comes to school so tired.
Mikylah Lenkiewizc: What I wanted her to know is that I don't get much sleep at night because my baby sister she cries a lot.
Arielle: A great idea that sparked a wave of inspiration on social media. In March, Schwartz posted some of the students' work on Twitter, and teachers in at least 17 states were motivated to try the assignment in their own classrooms.
One student in Winchester, Virginia wrote, “I got bullied on the bus, and it made me feel sad." And then another had a pretty familiar response, saying, “My homework is not as easy on Mondays."
But the biggest change from these personal student reflections was in her own classroom.
Schwartz: When there was a note that said I wish my teacher knew that I don't have a friend to play with, that next day at recess all the girls huddled around her and they were all playing together, because kids support each other.
Arielle: A great way for students to share their inner thoughts because, as we all know, some things are a little hard to say out loud.
Maggie: Teachers inspire, challenge, and change your life. And we have already have had a few students send in their appreciation.
Want to show your appreciation? Well, just send us shoutout video for Teacher Appreciation Week to . We will be showing them all week.
Alright guys, that's going to do it for us. I am Maggie Rulli and may the fourth be with you! Sorry not sorry, I mean, I just had to.
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