Maggie: Hey everyone. It is Wednesday, April 8. I am Maggie Rulli and Channel One News starts right now.
First up today, another contender enters the 2016 presidential race. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky announced that he is running for president.
Senator Rand Paul: I am putting myself forward as a candidate for president of the United States of America.
Maggie: Rand Paul is a first term senator who is popular with the tea party movement and a libertarian candidate who believes in smaller, limited government. Even though he is a Republican, his views are not always in line with the party. Like supporting limits on how long members of Congress can serve.
And Rand does well with young Republicans. At 52 he is a master at social media, snapchatting and even meercatting with young people.
And last night it was the women's turn with the University of Connecticut and the University of Notre Dame facing off in theNCAA basketball championship.
The UConn huskies took home their tenth straight championship.
But both teams are powerhouses. It was the fifth straight year they have met on the court during the final four.
Alright coming up, why you might want to start looking right now to find a summer job.
It is that time to start thinking about what you are going to do over the summer. And for many of you that might mean getting a summer job.
So in today's Generation Money Scott Evans introduces us to one student who is working to help teens for those jobs.
Scott: After a year of solid growth, the latest jobs report showed a slowdown in hiring.
Harris: This report was about half as strong as people expected.
Scott: Not great news for young people looking to lock in work over summer break.
New York City runs the largest summer jobs program for teenagers in the country. Butfor 133,000 applicants last year, the city had just 47,000 jobs.
Bill Chong: Because there aren't enough jobs for the young people who want to work.
Scott: Bill Chong runs the city's Department of Youth and Community Development. Sixty percent of teenagers in America had summer jobs in 1978. Last summer it was just 33 percent. And the economic slowdown, Chong says,isn't the only reason for the decline.
Chong: The economy has changed. I think a lot of the low wage jobs that used to be available to a young person at an entry level position are being taken by adults.
Scott: These summer jobs are critical because for every year a teenager works, studies show their income will rise 14 to 16 percent in their 20's.
Adrian Gonzalex is trying to improve the odds for people his age looking for work.
Gonzalez: We realized there was a problem in our community.
Scott: The 17-year-old, who learned computer coding through a city job last summer,is now testing an app with two friends that will connect high school students with local businesses.
Adrian: There's a map for them to find the closest jobs to them. There's a filter so they can find jobs whether that is through how much they would like to get paid, what type of job they want.
Scott: He thinks it could be a multibillion dollar market.
Adrian: If we capture 1 percent of that, we're already millionaires.
Scott: Scott Evans, Channel One News.
Maggie: Now we want to hear from you. Are you planning on getting a job this summer? If so, tell us what it is. Just head on over to Channelone.com to weigh in.
Alright, coming up, how one student's struggle continues to inspire a nation 25 years later.
Since it was first discovered in 1983, HIV/AIDS has infected nearly 78 million and killed 39 million people.
One of those victims was a teenager who died 25 years ago today, and his story captured the attention of a nation that was scared of the disease. Tom Hanson has his inspirational story.
Tom: How old was Ryan there?
Jeanne White-Ginder: 15. I didn’t know how much longer I had with him, and I wanted a really really good picture of him.
Tom: Jeanne White-Ginder describes herself as an average mother with one extraordinary son.His name was Ryan White.
How would you describe your son?
Ginder: Oh my gosh. Funny, happy go lucky.
Tom: He was an ordinary teen in Kokomo, Indiana who became the face of a movement.
Ginder:He always said, "I’d like to be famous. But not because I have AIDS."
Tom: Ryan was born with a blood disease called hemophilia. And even a simple cut could lead to dangerous bleeding.He had to get transfusions, blood from other people.
Ginder: I think his home away from home was the hospital because of his hemophilia.
Tom: But the treatment meant to save his life ended up killing him.
In was the 1980s andpeople were dying of a new disease that scientists were still just learning about called HIV/ AIDS.
HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus,is a virus that attacks the immune system, preventing the body from fighting off infections and illness. Without treatment HIV develops into AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a disease that can be deadly. HIV/AIDS is transferred through blood and bodily fluids, most often by sharing needles or sexual contact.
In the midst of hysteria about the disease, a 13-year-old Ryan White found out he had gotten HIV from one of his blood treatments.People were so afraid that just touching Ryan would give them the disease that he was not allowed to go to his school.
Boy: I think he should stay home until we get all the facts straight.
Boy #2: I don't got nothin' against Ryan or anything. I just don't want AIDS in our school.
Tom: But Ryan took his battle for education to court, gaining the national spotlight by the media and celebrities…
Ryan White: I didn’t have a choice when I got AIDS, but you do.
Tom: and becoming a new young face of the disease. And he won. He wasallowed to go back to school.
But life for the teenager was anything but normal.
Ginder: That's when it really started to get ugly. That's when the parents got involved and all the lies started. People were just so cruel.
Ryan knew it was going to be rough. I mean, when he finally got to go back to school,the prejudice was still there. Kids would flatten themselves against the lockers. They'd say, “Oh now you have it, we can't touch you, oh don't touch him.”
Tom: You can see just how tough it was for Ryan White in his school. Students often bullied him. In fact, they carved these kinds of things on his locker: Nobody wants you here, get out, you're disgusting, we hate you. That's the harsh discrimination that Ryan faced.
Did you feel harassed?
Ginder: Yeah, we had a bullet-hole shot through our window.
Tom: So Ryan and his mother shut the door on their past and moved to a new school.
Ginder: It was just such a…
Tom: Contrast...
Ginder: Yes, because the kids took the initiative to educate themselves and their parents. And as Ryan said, "believed in me."
Tom: But while his social life thrived, his health continued to decline.
Ginder: He said one night, he said “Mom I'm just getting to the point where I'm just so sick of being sick.”It was hard because I could see that Ryan was trying to maybe give up.
What he fought for was so important. All of a sudden, his health was more important.
Tom: And on April 8, 1990 he died from complications fromAIDS.
Ryan White fought so hard for education because he believed it was important. And 25 years after his death, his legacy lives on, educating people aboutHIV/AIDS and that discrimination and prejudice can be as damaging as any disease.
And he helped protect others. Blood is now screened and treated to prevent the spread of HIV. And Congress passed the Ryan White Care Act to provide help for the1.2 millionAmericans living with HIV/AIDS.
What do you think the legacy is for Ryan White 25 years after his death?
Girl: I think that if Ryan White hadn't been diagnosed with AIDS, people wouldn't have taken it as seriously.
Girl #2: This can happen to people. And you never know what might happen to you. So show a little respect, a little compassion for other people.
Tom: A little kindness goes a long way.
Girl #2: Absolutely. It does, yes.
Ginder: Ryan made a difference. He made a difference to where other people could live. So it's rewarding to see that other people are living because of Ryan.
Tom: Now, since Ryan died, there have been a lot of advancements in treatments and drugs which allow people to live long and regular lives. But scientists and researchers are still searching for that cure.
Maggie: And Tom, even though we know how to prevent the spread of HIV, people are still getting it right?
Tom: Yeah Maggie. And one in four of those new infections are young people ages13-24 years old. And inRyan's own home state of Indiana they are currently battling an HIV outbreak.
Maggie: There’s still work that needs to be done.
Tom. Absolutely.
Maggie: Alright Tom. Thanks so much. Such a powerful story.
Alright guys, that’s going to do it for us here. But we will see you tomorrow.
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