Students: Hi, We're Rim of the World High School up in Lake Arrowhead. We're in the Situation

Students: Hi, we're Rim of the World High School up in Lake Arrowhead. We're in the situation room, and Channel One News starts right now!

Emily:And wait till you see these kids step up and perform under a worldwide crisis situation. That is coming up.

But first, President Trump has already rolled back several of President Obama's initiatives aimed at fighting climate change. And yesterday, another policy of Obama's went up in smoke.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, signed a measure yesterday to repeal President Obama's Clean Power Plan. The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy started in 2015. It was aimed at combating climate change by lowering the carbon emissions from power plants, basically cracking down on power plants that burn coal or use natural gas.

Pruitt met with coal miners in Kentuckyand said the Clean Power Plan was a legal overreach by the Obama White House. The move is a win for states like Wyoming, which is the largest coal producer in the United States with 17 active coal mines.

But advocates who want to protect the environment say the shift away from solar energy and natural gas into more coal production will only emit more pollution that is causing climate change.

President Trump campaigned to get rid of environmental policy and protect coal.

President Donald Trump: We're gonna save that coal industry. Believe me, we are going to save ’em.

Emily: Scientists say it is now likely the U.S. will not be able to meet its promise under the Paris Climate Agreement to bring down emissions that warm the planet.

Now, did you catch today's Word in the News?It is repeal, which means to take back or cancel in a formal or official way.

Okay, it is time to turn the tablesand give you guys a chance to shout out.Yesterday we told you about a town in New York state that is trying to stop bullying, so it passed a law, and it goes after the parents of the bullies.

A parent whose kid is a bully can go to jail for up to 15 days or pay a $250fine, or both.So we asked you,should parents go to jail if their kid is caught bullying?Sixty-sevenpercent of you guys said no, while 33percent said yes.

Dyland said, "I don't think it's fair to send parents to jail because they have jobs. But send the kids to jail for 15 days, and maybe you get a different result. Just an idea.”

Mrs. Ipbo's class said, "We think the children should be punished, not the parents, because the parents might not know what's going on."

Adrija said, "Wow, that's a pretty strict law."

And Christopher said, “Yes, send the parents to jail, but only for three days."

Thanks for weighing in, guys.

Okay, when we get back, a front-row seat to some of the most important and intense situations in U.S. history.

Emily: Have you heard of the situation room? It is a conference room in the White House where some of the most important and top-secret meetings take place. It is where President Obama and his staff watched the Navy SEALs take down and kill terrorist Osama bin Laden and where White House staff met after President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.

Some intense stuff, right? Well, some students got to experience what it is like in the situation room during an emergency, a simulation that is part of a program put on by the Reagan Library.And Arielle Hixson was there to see it all go down.

Arielle: So the really cool thing about the Situation Room Experience is that there are two separate simulations going on at the same time: one outside in the press corps and one in here in the secret bunker.

Here is the scenario: The president has been shot.

Madison Hausmann: Was he killed? Is he going to be able to survive? Who's now in charge?

Arielle:What would you do? Every minute counts.

Conrad Weaver: You had your adrenaline pumping. You wanted to solve this, solve that, figure everything out.

Arielle: There are two simulations running at the same time: the media and politicians, who make their biggest decisions here in the situation room. This might feel like the real thing, but don't worry — it is just a game. Or is it?

Trey Alsup: When you come and participate in the Situation Room Experience, you are in the White House Situation Room. This is not a replica; this is actually the room from the White House that was taken out in 2006.

Arielle: In the Situation Room Experience, students are thrown into the stress and chaos our country endured 36 years ago during the assassination attempt of President Ronald Reagan.It is an eye-opening simulationbecause instead of opening up a book to learn about the event, these students relive it.

Conrad: I do believe that it does give you a different perspective of the situation room as a whole.

Arielle: And they do it all surrounded by history.

Alsup: I think having the actual situation room here makes history real for them. They can sit here at the table where six presidents conducted foreign policy and then, you know, walk in those shoes.

Arielle: Each group has two and a half hours to handle the national emergency.

Mira Cohen: The decision-making process can be very challenging when you're under pressure and you're working with limited information.

Arielle: As more information trickles in, each media outlet does a live report, laying out their facts to the public.But sometimes, not all the info is correct.

How stressful was that?

Madison: It was intense, to the point where I was like,“Okay, are you sure this is true?” We have to make sure the facts are correct because we almost ended up posting something that was not correct.

Arielle: It is a two-way street; the media has to be well informed about reporting the facts, and the situation room has to choose what information can be released to the public.

Conrad: That was the most stressful partwas just the lack of communication, towards the end, especially.

Arielle: Each choice they make changes the course of the game.And in the end, students walk out experiencing history firsthand.

Do you think that the simulation helped you understand what would happen in the situation room more than actually reading it in the books?

Madison: By far, because I've actually been able to read about it in textbooks, and being here, nothing could have prepared me for actually just doing it.I've learned more here today than I would have by what I’ve read in the past.

Arielle: Arielle Hixson, Channel One News.

Emily: Talk about a true hands-on learning experience. Plus,Arielle has all the behind-the-scenes from the situation room. You can check it out on ChannelOne.com.

All right, yesterday was World Mental Health Day, and Keith is here with a sad statistic tied into a very inspiring story.

Keith: Yeah,Emily, depression and suicide are on the rise in the U.S., and one artist is taking that statistic right on.

Emily: Tough topic to talk about, right?

Keith: Yeah, definitely, Emily, but Logic the rapper is doing just that, and now his popular song is actually making a difference, even saving lives.

Logic: I've been on the low / I been taking my time / I feel like I'm out of my mind / it feel like my life ain't mine.

Keith: It is a song about a desperate caller thinking about suicide that is ringing in the ears of millions of listeners and saving lives. That is because the song's title,“1-800-273-8255,” is also the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Logic: This is about so much more than entertainment.

Keith: Logic came up with the song's concept, a person reaching their breaking point, reaching out to the hotline for help. Since the song's release back in April, calls are up 33percent at crisis hotline centers around the country.

John Draper: People positively coping through suicidal moments — research has shown that that can actually save lives and reduce the suicide rate.

Keith: Lifeline's call volume soared even higher after Logic's recent performance at the MTVVideo Music Awards. He shared the stage with dozens of people personally affected by suicide. Rosy Chen was one of them.

Rosy Chen: It was so moving. It was very powerful, andI just couldn't stop crying.

Logic: I just wanted them to know that they really weren't alone.

Keith: Givinga voice to an issue that is often kept quiet. Keith Kocinski, Channel One News.

Emily: Wow, powerful stuff. Thanks,Keith.

And if you or someone you know is depressed, or if you are having thoughts of hurting yourself, call the hotline. They are around day and night, 24/7, and it is confidential. Serious stuff, but awesome to seepeople making a positive change.

All right, it is time for us to go. Have a great day. We will see you back here tomorrow.

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