Students: This is Coach Cab's senior world history class fromDenham Springs, Louisiana, and Channel One News starts right now!
Azia: And that was Denham Springs High School in Louisianagetting us in gear for Monday — thanks, guys, I am Azia Celestino.
Tom: And I am Tom Hanson.
Azia: And we have lots to get to today.
First up, a bold military move.President Trump targeted Syria over the weekendwith a military strike, deciding to hit the country as punishment for allegedly using chemical weapons.
Tom: Yeah, definitely a major story developing here. The situation in Syria is complicated, to say the least.And President Trump is trying to send a message, but he also doesn't want to be drawn into a war. Check it out.
Man: Shooting those missiles at Syria, at Damascus and Homs — a place where civilians live — that's a war crime. That's a violation of international law.
Tom: Over the weekend people took to the streets in major cities across the country to protest the latest round of U.S.-led airstrikes in the Middle Eastern country of Syria, a response to an alleged chemical attack last week by the Syrian government that killed dozens of people in the city of Douma. The use of chemical weapons is a war crime under international law.
But last week's images of that attack — many of which are too graphic to show you — sparked outrage.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied any involvement in the attack.
Lieutenant GeneralKenneth “Frank”McKenzie: This is going to set the Syrian chemical weapons program back for years.
Tom: The missiles were fired by U.S., British and French aircraft, ships and one submarine from the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and an air base in Qatar.The main target was this research and development center in the capital of Damascus. Three buildings were hit with a total of 76 missiles.
McKenzie: We are confident that all of our missiles reached their targets.
Tom: The U.S. military says this complex was a "center for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weapons." But a scientist who worked at the facility told “CBSNews”:“That is totally incorrect. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons visited here and didn't report anything wrong with this place.”He also said the building was used to make things like prescription drugs and vaccines.
The Syrian civil war, which has been going on for seven years now, has drawn in global powers, with Russia and Iran supporting the Syrian government and the U.S. and many European countries supporting the rebels and pushing for a new government.
At the U.N. Russiaclaimed the Syrian government is being framed in order to make it look bad on the world stage.But U.S.Ambassador Nikki Haley had this to say:
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley: The United States estimates that Assad has used chemical weapons in the Syrian war at least 50 times. We know who did this. Our allies know who did this.Russia can complain all it wants about fake news, but no one is buying its lies and its cover-ups.
Tom: For or against the strikes, some experts question how effective the strategy is.
Professor Robert Pape: One strike does not makefor astrategy,an extended campaign to put pressure on Assad and Putin not to do this again.
Tom: Professor Robert Pape, an air-strike expert, doubts the strikes knocked out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's total chemical weapons supply, adding Russia could just give him more. And Pape says it puts 2,000U.S. troops in Syria at risk.
Pape: We have to be very concernedabout retaliation against our troops.
Tom: Professor Pape says if the U.S. really wanted the air strikes to make a long-term difference, that would take weeks and months of dedicated effort. But the president already said, "Mission accomplished," suggesting that, for now, that is not the plan.
Tom Hanson, Channel One News.
Azia: Thanks, Tom.
Okay, next up, parts of the central U.S. got hit hard by Mother Nature over the weekend — everything from fire and ice to blizzards and a tornado.
Utility crews are working to get Mountainburg, Arkansas, back online after this small town was devastated by a tornado over the weekend.
This Arkansas couple raced against the tornado — and lost. Thankful for their seatbelts, they were unhurt when their vehicle flipped into a ditch.
Over in Oklahoma firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand against the Rhea Fire. Wildfires have charred more than 365,000 acres across the western part of the state.
Across the plains spring snowfall was the issue. White-out conditions in Sioux Falls led state patrol to warn drivers they "may not be able to get to you if you become stranded." Some in the Midwest saw up to a foot of snow.
People from across the world and right here in the U.S marched over the weekend, all in the name of science.This is the second year for the march, and supporters say their goal is to encourage lawmakers to make environmental policies based on scientific evidence.
That was the message in South Bend, Indiana, as marchers called on leaders in the federal government to listen to scientists.
Woman: Science can help inform our decision making both as voters, but also policymakers, so we would like to see more scientists in positions of leadership.
Azia: In Seattle, Washington, hundreds marched on a wet and rainy weekend.For these girlsit begins with a world free of plastic straws.
Geneva Betnel: I want them to not go in the ocean and people not to use them.
Megan O'Reilly: Now is time for all communities to begin the process of helping the Earth.
Azia: In Boston, Massachusetts, they gathered at Christopher Columbus Park to defend science.Marchers say the federal government and the Environmental Protection Agency are not doing enough to protect the environment.
And you just heard today's Words in the News: environmental policy, which is laws affecting environmental issues including air and water pollution, carbon emissions and endangered species.
Okay, after the break, we are sizing up a new NBT.
Azia: Now, there is no doubt Albert Einsteinknew a lot of things.After all, he was one of the most brilliant minds that ever lived.But, believe it or not, one thing he didn't know how to dowas drive.Now some rare footageshows Einstein behind the wheel of a car with the help of some movie magic.
Lights, camera, genius! That is Albert Einstein behind the wheelwith his wife,Elsa, in the passenger seat. This rare film footage was found last yearand only got a public viewing last week.It was shot 87years ago.
An archivist at New York City's Lincoln Center found the silent 35-millimeter print in a group of boxes.
Becca Bender: To come across something that is just so joyous and so kind of universal, really, it's just, it’s like, you know, archive nerd heaven.
Azia: Newspaper clips from February 1931 report the professor was persuaded to get behind the wheel on his visit to Warner Brothers Studios in Hollywood. A rear projection effect sends the theoretical physicist — who never drove — and Elsa on a three-minute whirlwind adventure.
Bender: Albert Einstein is truly, I think, one of, you know, the most iconic — and really one of the most loved — public figures there is.Like, it's just so heartwarming.
Azia: So cool to see Einstein taking the wheel.
Okay, next up, it is time for the Next Big Thing!
Before we get started, this week's NBT has big shoes to fillbecause you guys had a lot to say about the last idea.
We told you about the yummy alternative that could help lessen the problem of plastic waste — edible utensils. So is it the next big thing? Eighty percent said,“Yes — set the table!” But 20 percent said,“No — cut it out!”
Class: Hi! This is Mrs. Lloyd's fourth-period English class at Pasadena High School in Pasadena, Texas, and we think that edible utensils are the next big thing!
Class: We are Ms. Baker's eighth-grade journalism class from Joshua Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida. That's not edible! And that’s why we think that edible utensils is the next big thing!
Class: Hey, these are pretty good! This is Ms. Morrissey's sixth-grade class from Pine Eagle Charter School in Halfway,Oregon, and we think edible utensils are the next big thing!
Class: This is Dr. Jones' sixth-grade class at Torchlight Academy in Raleigh,North Carolina, and we think edible utensils are not the next big thing!
Azia: Thanks for those responses, guys!
Now Cassie is here with an idea that will definitely grow on you.
Cassie: Yeah, Azia, this week's Next Big Thing is solving a major problem for kids in need of shoes.
These shoes, made of leather and rubber, can grow five whole sizes by expanding. They are the brainchild of Because International, a nonprofit started by Kenton Lee.
Kenton came up with the idea when he was volunteering at an orphanage in Kenya and noticed a common problem.
Kenton Lee: Next to me was a little girl in a white dress, and I looked down and was shocked. Her shoes were so small she had to cut open the front of her shoes to let her toes stick out.
Cassie: He also saw kids who were so sick they had to miss school — missing school because their feet were infected by soil-transmitted parasites, a problem the World Health Organization says affects 2 billion people globally.
Lee: When kids have shoes that fit, they stay healthy. When they stay healthy, they've got chances to succeed.
Cassie: So his solution was creating footwear that could grow with the child.
Soare shoes that grow the next big thing? Head to ChannelOne.com to vote and leave us a comment.
Azia: Or you can also send us a video to for a chance to get featured on the show!
That is all from us today, but we will see you right back here tomorrow.
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