Let's Start Off with Headlines. and First Up, Some Politicians Are Calling for Stricter

Azia: Hey guys. It is Thursday, August 27. I am Azia Celestino, and Channel One News starts right now.

Let's start off with headlines. And first up, some politicians are calling for stricter gun control laws after a deadly shooting yesterday morning.Two journalists were shot and killed during a live TV morning show.

A reporter and a cameraman for a local TV station in Virginia were gunned down live on the air during an early morning interview. Reporter Allison Parker and photographer Adam Ward were killed. The shooting happened at the Bridgewater shopping mall in Moneta, Virginia.

The camera kept rolling as it fell to the ground and captured a glimpse of the gunman, identified as Vester Flanigan.Police caught up with the suspected killer on a nearby highway. He shot himself and later died. Police said he used to work at the same TV station, but was fired from the job.
The governor of Virginia is calling for stricter gun control.
Terry Mcauliffe: I've said consistently, there are too many guns in the people's hands that should not have them. This is a tragedy for Virginia. It’s a tragedy for their families.
Azia: Presidential candidates also weighed in, Hilary Clinton tweeting, "We must act to stop gun violence."
Other presidential candidates like Jeb Bush expressed their sympathy, but did not call for gun control.

Now next up, what if you could stop a car crash before it even happens? Well, that's what somenew technology out there is aimed at doing. And now a group known for crashing cars is putting this no-crash tech to the test.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is known for its crash test safety ratings.
But as cars get smarter there's a growing need to look at preventing crashes.
David Zuby: Technology that's available to us today that was not available 30 years ago is making it possible to focus oncrash avoidance.
Azia: Fourteen vehicles with auto-brake technology to avoid a front end collision have just earned a superior ranking. The 2016 Acura MDX and RLX, BMW X3, Mazda CX5, as well as the 2015 Mercedes CLA, C and E class vehicles scored the highest.
The group says about half of new 2015 vehicles have front crash prevention technology, and roughly one in four have auto braking as an option.

And last up, what's going on with those fruits and veggies in your school caf?
We know that they are on your tray, but are you eating them or tossing them?
Turns out more of you guys are throwing them in the trash. Researchers in Vermont photographed students' trays after leaving the lunch line and then again leaving the lunchroom.
The study says school food waste has increased 35 percent since the government made it a requirement that students take a fruit or a vegetable.We should note that this was a small study. And it comes just as the guidelines are set to expire on September 30.
And one reason it hasn't been renewed is because supporters and opponents are arguing over the cost, in part because fresh fruit and veggies are more expensive.

Alright coming up, we take a look at the emotional toll left by Hurricane Katrina.

This week we are taking a closer look at what happened during Hurricane Katrina.
The devastating storm ripped through Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf Coast 10 years ago.

Thousands of young people were uprooted, losing their homes and their loved ones. And many of those survivors still bear the scars a decade later. Arielle Hixson has their story.

Arielle: When the levees broke in New Orleans and water flooded the city, it was a life and death struggle for stranded residents, including thousands of young people like Danielle Mollett.
Mollett: I just was like, I have put my fears aside and try to see what can I doto try to get my grandma out this situation.
Arielle: Danielle, then 11, was trapped in the attic of her house with her 64 year-old grandmother. After two days and nights without food, her grandmother's health started to fail.They were rescued by boat and taken through a maze of human suffering and death to the Superdome Stadium.

It was used as a last minute shelter for those who couldn't leave the city in time. About 10,000 people stayed inside, just trying to wait out the storm.
Waiting there with her grandmother, was Danielle.
Mollett: I went to go tap her, like ‘Grandma, come on get up so we could get dressed.’ She didn’t respond.
Arielle: On their second night, her grandmother died on her cot.

Mollett: That was my first time dealing with somebody close dying in front of me.
Arielle: Danielle spent two more days, alone, in the superdome.
Mollett: I just kept myself balled up.

Arielle: She took a bus to Texas to stay with relatives.
Jamichael Lewis was fourteen when Katrina hit. The storm ripped the roof off his family's home and they ended up in government housing, a trailer 100 miles away.

Lewis: It just,‘Pow’, hit you.
Arielle: He missed two years of school.
Lewis: That was a major setback for me because I felt like I wasn't making any progress. I was just in a world, lost.
Arielle: One hundred-sixty thousandyoung people were forced out of their homes by Katrina. Experts say more than one third experienced clinical depression and anxiety after the storm.On average, the kids moved more than seven timesand Louisiana has the country's highest rate of young adults not in school or working.
Lori Peek: Suffering through a devastating disaster, being dislocated, and then having this accumulation of harms can then translate into a lot ofnegative outcomes for children.
Arielle: Danielle and Jamichael returned to New Orleans. They are both getting help from Covenant House, a community outreach organization.
Mollett: To say I was a child going through that situation, it just made me a stronger person. It made me a better person.
Arielle: They both say they are past Katrina, but they will never get over it.
Arielle Hixson, Channel One News.

Azia: Tomorrow Arielle looks at how New Orleans has rebuilt. And many say, it is stronger than ever.

After the break, we will meet the teen who is running for president, and his story is kind of nuts.

Well, it might seem nuts, but running for president of the United States is actually as easy as filling out a couple sheets of paper.

Demetrius: Probably easier than some of your homework assignments. But when one teen jokingly filled out the forms, he had no idea what would come next.
Brady Olson: I just think I’m a better option than HillaryClinton or Donald trump or Jeb Bush.
Demetrius: Fifteen-year-old Brady Olson may be two decades shy of the legal age to be commander in chief, but he recently registered with the Federal Election Commission under the name "Deez Nuts" to get attention. And it is working.

Mark Olson: I thought, 15-years-old, it's gonna be a joke, that'd be the end of it. And when I got the message that Huffington Post want to interview him, I thought,‘Wow this has gained a little bit more traction than I anticipated.’
Demetrius: This summer, thousands of voters in Iowa, North Carolina and Minnesota were asked if they would support him in this computerized telephone poll.
Tom Jensen: We had all these people tweeting at us, ‘You should poll Deez Nuts as a candidate for president and see how they do.’
Demetrius: Tom Jensen is the director of the company that did the poll, which found support for Brady was as high as 9 percent when compared to HillaryClinton and Donald Trump. Two frontrunners Jensen's survey found that either people love or hate.

Jensen: When you have a situation like that when voters don't like either candidate,they’re going to be looking for another option.
Brady Olson: The fact that I’myounger and I guess the issues that I think would help on the issues would probably have more of an effect. So I’d probably care a little more.
Demetrius: Now there are some requirements to actually serve as president which are written into the Constitution. You have to be a natural born citizen, and you have to have lived in the U.S for at least 14 years. Last, and most unfortunate for Brady, you have to be at least 35 years old.
But there aren't any requirements when it comes to running. The FEC says anyone can register a campaign, and the number of submissions has increased from 139 in 1976, to over 400 in 2012.
For the 2016 cycle, the commission made filing even easier with an online form. And nearly 800 people have filed so far.

Self-proclaimed redneck for president Robert Macleod Jr. sent in his paperwork in April.
Robert Macleod: There's now 400 hundred of us. Maybe they can put us in a big cage matchand the two men that walk out are president and vice president.
Demetrius: And it is fair to say the rest of the candidates are just as colorful, with a full range of political opinions.
K Ross Newland: The Lord gets to decide who is and who isn't president.

Derrick Michael Reid: I will be able to destroy any Democrat or Republican candidate.

Azia: Demetrius, this guy is bananas.
Demetrius: No, Azia. He is nuts. And don't get any ideas out there, because you could actually be fined for filing fake paperwork.
Azia: Not good.

Demetrius: Not good.

Azia: For a full list of all the candidates running for prez, visit our interactive guide at Channelone.com.
That’s all for now, but we will see you back here tomorrow.

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