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Quick Guide & Transcript: Alito confirmation hearings, Asia cold wave Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Posted: 0330 GMT (1130 HKT) WATCH Browse/Search January 10, 2006 (10:28) Teachers: Please preview the first story in today's program, as it addresses a sensitive issue that may not be appropriate for all students. Quick Guide Below Freezing - Understand the effects that an unusual and deadly cold wave is having on some parts of East Asia. Back to Class - Visit what some New Orleans college students would call the best dormitory ever. Transcript SHANON COOK, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to CNN Student News on this Tuesday, January 10th! From Atlanta, I'm Shanon Cook. Aspects of you* future could rest in this guy's hands. But Judge Samuel Alito will have to answer some hard questions, before Senators decide if he'll get that power. A wave of cold air howls across parts of Asia and it's a struggle for survival as the mercury plunges lower and lower. And it's the beginning of a new semester at New Orleans universities. And for some students, "coping" means living at the Hilton! First Up: Judging Alito COOK: Some Senators are firing tough questions at Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito today, and this could be quite a battle. If Alito gets the job, he would be one of the people who could decide what words are included in the Pledge of Allegiance, or how discrimination is handled where you work. Tara Mergener looks at what's on some Senator's minds. Teachers, this report mentions a sensitive issue that you may want to preview. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TARA MERGENER, CNN REPORTER: Judge Samuel Alito listened all afternoon to senators telling him what tough questions he'll face during confirmation hearings. And he got a taste of what's ahead. SENATOR TED KENNEDY, (D) MASSACHUSETTS: The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch, and a protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency. MERGENER: Then at the end of Monday's session, he got a chance to speak. SAMUEL ALITO, SUPREME COURT NOMINEE: A judge's only obligation in every solemn case is to the rule of law and what that means is that in every required case, the judge must do what the law requires. MERGENER: Senators are expected to grill Alito on his personal views on abortion and executive power. And even his support for the little guy. SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN, (D) DELAWARE: The one place where David is on the same footing as Goliath is in the supreme court. MERGENER: Alito's supporters say he is a man of integrity and well-qualified to serve on the nation's highest court. SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER, (R) PENNSYLVANIA: Judge Samuel Alito comes to this hearing with extensive experience as a government lawyer, prosecutor and judge. MERGENER: If confirmed, Alito will replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a crucial swing vote on some of the country's most controversial issues. SEN. PATRICK LEAHY, (D) VERMONT: This is a nomination to a lifetime seat on the nation's highest court. MERGENER: For CNN Student News, I'm Tara Mergener. (END VIDEO CLIP) Spoken Word SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER, (D) NEW YORK: If confirmed, you'll be one of 9 people who collectively hold power over everyone who lives in this country. You will define our freedom, you'll affect our security, and you'll shape our law. You will determine on some days where we pray and how we vote. You'll define on other days when life begins and what our schools may teach. And you shall decide from time to time who shall live and who shall die. Promo COOK: The legislative branch of the federal government makes the laws, and the executive branch enforces them. But to help you understand what it means to interpret laws, and how the judicial branch does it, take advantage of today's free Extra! At CNN.com/Education. Below Freezing COOK: To you, freezing temperatures may only mean you have to wear a coat to the bus stop. But they're much more serious in parts of east Asia. In the Indian capital of New Delhi, highs this time of year are normally close to 70, lows are about 45. But as Ram Ramgopal reports, this is no normal winter, and people are going to extremes just to stay alive. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RAM RAMGOPAL, CNN REPORTER: Staying warm, any way they can as a biting chill descends across northern India. This is the coldest winter in nearly 70 years, with the temperature in the capital, New Delhi, dropping to near record lows - barely above freezing. For millions of poor people who live on the streets, the weather can quickly turn killer: Dozens of people have died across India, mainly due to exposure. "All through the night we keep the children around the fire," this man says. "We rummage through the parks for twigs and fallen leaves to keep the fire going." On the Indian side of Kashmir, the waters of the Dal Lake have frozen - for the first time in 10 years. With electricity in short supply, even heaters are of little use to fight the Himalayan cold. It's a double blow for the region, which was struck by the October 8th earthquake. In towns close to the Line of Control that divides the Indian and Pakistani parts of Kashmir, houses are still not inhabitable. Even tents set up for earthquake survivors have collapsed under the weight of the snow. Elsewhere across Asia, Japan is also facing the cold wrath of winter. Record snowfall is continuing in northern and western Japan, and transportation links have snapped. The weather agency is warning of avalanches as snow accumulates on the hill slopes of western Japan. Nearly 70 people have died in the cold wave conditions. And in China, temperatures are the coldest they have been in 20 years. Record snowfall has also blanketed the north-western province of Xinjiang and the eastern province of Shandong. Meteorologists say the unusually cold weather can be blamed on a large mass of cold air descending from Siberia, which has affected countries far south, in tropical Asia. Ram Ramgopal, CNN, New Delhi. (END VIDEO CLIP) Order Up CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Ready to Order Up? Today's selections are Bachelor's, Associate, Doctorate, Master's. See if you can rank these educational degrees in the order in which most people obtain them. Order Up! Most folks would get their associate degree first, then the bachelor's, then master's, and finally the coveted doctorate. And that completes today's order! Back to Class COOK: Imagine working on your degree where the dorm rooms are at the Hilton. It's just a temporary setup. Hurricane Katrina forced some New Orleans universities to cancel the fall semester.. But the spring semester is on, and this is one way to get students back to school. Alina Cho takes a seat where coping, is now part of the curriculum. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ALINA CHO, CNN REPORTER: Dillard University freshman Sunni Jones-Ford is back in New Orleans for her spring semester. But she's not on campus. SUNNI JONES-FORD, DILLARD UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN: Actually, I think it might be a little better than dorms, you're staying in a hotel, it's exciting. CHO: Dillard has effectively moved into the Hilton Hotel in downtown New Orleans. UNIVERSITY STAFF (To student picking up ID card): Here you go. STUDENT: Thank you. CHO: Classes are being held in the hotel ballroom. Students and faculty are living there, too. That's because Dillard's campus which was under 8 feet of water following Hurricane Katrina is still under repair. MARVALENE HUGHES, DILLARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: I never dreamed I would be in the midst of a trauma like Katrina, but after we discovered how serious it was, it was very clear to me that we had to exercise a lot of creativity. CHO: So have the students. Sunni, who's from Denver, spent the fall semester in Texas. About half of Dillard's student body has returned. Over at Tulane University, nearly 9 in 10 students have come back. University President Scott Cowen calls that unbelievable. SCOTT COWEN, TULANE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: There was a time period after that storm, it was about three weeks, where quite honestly, I did not think we would survive in this institution. CHO: Tulane's campus sustained about 200 million dollars in damage following Katrina. Cowen says that forced him to make some tough decisions. He fired 233 faculty and eliminated nearly half of the doctoral programs. That means engineering student Will Clarkson won't be able to stay at Tulane for his graduate work. WILL CLARKSON, TULANE UNIVERSITY STUDENT: That's just not an option now, so I'm disappointed. I feel like I have an opportunity to go somewhere else, but I really would have liked to stay here. CHO: Post-Katrina there are other changes at Tulane. Starting in the fall, all undergraduates will be required to perform community service. SCOTT COWEN, TULANE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: It's going to be like being in a small college town in a Peace Corps environment. CHO: Next door to Tulane, Loyola University's campus suffered minimal damage...87 percent of its undergrads are returning. The University of New Orleans stayed open during the fall semester by holding classes at a sister campus in nearby Jefferson Parish. In the spring, the University of New Orleans will be back on its main campus and will house some students and faculty in trailers. Xavier University, which suffered some of the worst damage in the storm, will now cram a year's worth of curriculum into one longer semester. Most of its students are back too, and they'll be in class through August. CHO: They won't have a summer break. WARREN BELL, JR., XAVIER UNIVERSITY SPOKESMAN: They will not have a summer, nor will our faculty, but the end result, is by next fall these students will be right on track. CHO: Despite the disruptions, students like Sunni Jones-Ford are glad to be back. JONES-FORD: It's a lot different than I think any freshman year would be. (laughs) CHO: Alina Cho, CNN, New Orleans. (END VIDEO CLIP) Before We Go COOK: Before we go... On what would've been the seventy-first birthday of Elvis Presley... Those who couldn't help falling in love with his music, brought a big hunk of festivity to this celebration in Japan! Talk about fanatics: One of these retro revelers named his 14-year-old daughter after Elvis' daughter! And as to whether the King of Rock 'n' Roll is still alive, there are no doubt some "suspicious minds" at this venue! Goodbye COOK: And we'll take a bow for the day on CNN Student News! I'm Shanon
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