Quick Guide & Transcript: Get ready to spring ahead, Take a walk in the sky

POSTED: 0400 GMT (1200 HKT), March 8, 2007

(CNN Student News) -- March 9, 2007

Quick Guide

Spring Forward - Make sure your clocks and computers are ready to spring forward this weekend.

Week in Review - Look back at the week's headlines, including a long-awaited trial verdict.

A Grand View - Gather your courage to take a view of the Grand Canyon from a new vantage point.

Transcript

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

MONICA LLOYD, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Happy Friday! We're glad to have you aboard for this edition of CNN Student News. I'm Monica Lloyd. Will springing forward cause a technological falling back? Synchronize your watches and your eyes with a very timely report. How well do you remember this week's top stories? Test your knowledge with our online Newsquiz after training your eyes on our Week in Review. And is it a tourist trap, an incredible invention or an environmental eyesore? Whatever you call it, the Skywalk is sure to give a view unlike any other.

First Up: Spring Forward

LLOYD: Get ready for more sun and less sleep: Daylight-saving time kicks in this weekend. Because it's earlier than usual, some folks fear their computers will bug out. In 1999, engineers rushed to fix machines that might have misread Y2K -- the year 2000 -- for the year 1900. People were afraid everything from businesses to airline schedules would've been thrown off. As it happened, not much to worry about then... And as Megan Miller reports, not much to worry about now, either.

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MEGAN MILLER, WWW.POPSCI.COM: Daylight Saving Time starts three weeks early this year. When clocks spring forward Sunday, computer experts worry they'll lose more than an hour's sleep. Financial transactions, medical equipment, calendars and travel schedules might be thrown off. Gadgets could go haywire. Are we looking at the chaos some predicted with the Y2K bug?

TOM O'BRIAN, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY: This is sort of the stealth change, isn't it? Many people do not seem to be aware of it.

MILLER: Meet the nation's timekeeper: Tom O'Brian is director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado.

O'BRIAN: Daylight Saving Time is basically a means to get the time when most people are active synchronized when we have the most hours of daylight. the idea is you will use less artificial lighting.

MILLER: That was the idea when Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Springing forward early requires updates to any system that keeps time automatically, from Microsoft Outlook, to programs that keep appointments in your cell phone, or the reservations at your favorite restaurant. John Whitney is updating systems at the financial firm Montag and Caldwell in Atlanta.

JOHN WHITNEY: There are different patches for the different applications.

MILLER: So how's the layman supposed to know what's going on? It looks like a bunch of jibberjabber.

WHITNEY: It does. The best thing to do is to go to Microsoft's Web site and it actually walks you through the process of patching.

MILLER: When the Y2K computer glitch occurred, people predicted doom and gloom. They even stashed food away, like rice and beans, water, condiments, meals-ready-to-eat like soldiers eat in the field. This time when the Daylight Saving Time change happens, you may miss a few appointments, you may have to update your Blackberry, you could even miss lunch. But you're not going to have to eat an MRE.

WHITNEY: I'm sure there will be some problems, but I think it's going to be far less than Y2K.

O'BRIAN: I would be surprised if we have any major impacts from this.

MILLER: How do you make sure your gadgets will work properly? First, back up your schedule. Maybe do something crazy: Write it all down! Then visit DSTpatch.com, for links to the patches you'll need. And just to be on the safe side....

WHITNEY: Everybody on March 12th, which is Monday the first day this takes effect, that they just go check their clocks, check their VCR ,check your TIVO, check your computer, and if the time is off by an hour just move it ahead by an hour.

MILLER: This is Megan Miller, for CNN and Popular Science, Atlanta.

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Shoutout

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Ms. Liverman's contemporary issues and government classes at Chopticon High School in Morganza, Maryland! Who is credited with first proposing the idea of daylight saving? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) Albert Einstein B) Thomas Edison C) Benjamin Franklin D) Nikola Tesla You've got three seconds--GO! Back in 1784, a certain Ben Franklin proposed daylight saving -- it's said he wanted to save using so many candles! That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!

Web Promo

LLOYD: Now one thing we haven't told you is just why daylight-saving time is earlier this year. But we've made it ultra-easy for you to find out! Just check out today's CNN Student News Extra! which you can access from our front page at CNN.com/EDUCATION!

President Bush visits South America

LLOYD: President Bush is starting a week-long tour of Latin America... And his top rival in the region is doing the same thing. The White House says Mr. Bush hopes to promote democracy, trade and alternative energy on his trip. He flew to Brazil yesterday and plans to meet with Uruguay's president tomorrow. Meanwhile, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who has repeatedly bad-mouthed his American counterpart, plans to host his own "anti-imperialism" rally in Argentina.

Week in Review

LLOYD: This Friday's recap of CNN Student News headlines brings you the sights and sounds of our top stories. But we wouldn't leave you hanging without a free guide, to explain the significance of the events. So after checking out today's show, log on to CNN.com/EDUCATION and find detailed story descriptions in today's Transcript. Now without further ado, here's our Week in Review!

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Today's Week in Review brings your class the images of stories that made headlines this week. Included here is a brief description of each topic:

President Bush met with the student body president of a storm-stricken Alabama high school this week. Eight students at Enterprise High School were killed when a tornado struck on March 1 during school hours. Student Body President Megan Parks said the victims would "always be loved" and always be in the thoughts and prayers of the survivors. After touring the damaged building, President Bush traveled to Americus, Georgia, where the same storm system killed two people and destroyed much of a hospital. The president declared Americus a disaster area, which makes government money available to help residents rebuild.

A scandal is swirling around conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. A House committee opened hearings this week after a news report exposed problems, including everything from run-down rooms to rats, at the Washington, D.C. facility. Lawmakers are calling for major reforms there and at some other military health care centers. Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., says he believes poor conditions "go well beyond the walls of Walter Reed, and that they are problems systemic throughout the military health-care system." Military officials, meanwhile, are apologizing and promising to do their part to improve conditions. Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was fired over the scandal, took responsibility. "It is clear mistakes were made and I was in charge," he said at the hearings. "We can't fail one of these soldiers or their families -- not one -- and we did."

Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former right-hand man of Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted on four counts of lying under oath and causing disruptions in a CIA leak investigation. Libby's attorneys say they will seek a new trial or appeal the verdict. The CIA leak controversy goes back to 2003, when someone illegally blew the cover of a CIA secret operative named Valerie Plame. She is married to the author of a 2003 New York Times column that criticized the Bush administration, so some officials wanted to find out if the disclosure of Plame's identity was made by the White House in revenge for Wilson's critical article. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was not on trial for actually leaking Plame's identity. Rather, his conviction was based on conflicting statements he made about whether he knew of Plame's identity during the time it was leaked to the media. Vice President Dick Cheney wrote that he was "disappointed with the verdict."

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu released a new report on underage drinking and said the problem "needs to stop." Moritsugu says it is unacceptable that 20 percent of the nation's 14-year-olds say they have been drunk at least once. The report states that underage drinking is deeply embedded in American culture, and Moritsugu faults every segment of society from parents to universities. He listed "academic failure, risky sexual behavior, injuries and even death" as consequences of underage drinking.

A comic book superhero met his sudden demise this week. Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, has been capturing bad guys and imaginations since 1941. But a Marvel comic released this week depicted his assassination on the steps of a federal courthouse in New York City. Still, superhero status has its advantages: Officials at Marvel are not ruling out a possible resurrection of the American icon. They hope you will keep reading to find out what happens next.

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ID Me

AZUZ: See if you can ID Me! Lava flows and layered rocks compose my spectacular walls. I'm a national landmark formed by the Colorado River. You'll find me in northwestern Arizona. I'm the Grand Canyon, which at one point is 18 miles wide!

A Grand View

LLOYD: A Native American tribe plans to give tourists a new and breathtaking look at the Grand Canyon -- though some critics call the so-called "Skywalk" everything from a tacky tourist attraction to a zoo. It literally takes you over the edge of the canyon! And Suzanne Bissett of affiliate KTVK explains why it's worth a lot more to some folks than the $25 ticket price.

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CHIEF DON HAVATONE, HUALAPAI TRIBE: He was blessing the ground, blessing and praying for the people.

SUZANNE BISSETT, REPORTER A sacred blessing for a steel structure that not only reaches out 70 feet into the vast canyon, but now bridges the Hualapai Tribe from the past to their future.

ROBERT BRAVO, HUALAPAI TRIBE: It's been a long time coming.

HAVATONE: I've just been like, wow, it's happening now.

BISSETT: Under construction since March of 2004, this morning, the Skywalk was ever so carefully and slowly, let's speed that up, moved oout the last 35 feet to its final resting place.

ROBERT BRAVO, J.R.,HUALAPAI TRIBE: What will happen is, it will pull those pulleys and it will start extending over the rim of the canyon.

BISSETT: Once the bridge is welded into place, tourists will be able to have a bird's eye view of the canyon as they look down through five layers of glass. With more than a million pounds of steel used, the Skywalk at Eagle Point sits some 4,000 feet above the Colorado River, making it taller than the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building. And with this million dollar view, the Hualapai Tribe is hoping that it will atract even more sight seers to this remote area of the canyon.

CHIEF DON HAVATONE/HUALAPAI TRIBE: Economically, I guess you would say tourism brings a lot of people out here, which will help with our jobs, economic values. Some of the work that it will provide here.

BISSETT: For Chief Don Havatone, who's grown up on the Hualapai Reservation, this skywalk is a now another symbol added to this sacred land.

HAVATONE: When I first started out here in 1989, the area of the canyon was very quiet. It was very natural. We didn't have the roadways and the structures that it is today. And now you see the Skywalk being put in. 2007...when I look back, it's like wow. I could never have predicted anything like this.

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Goodbye

LLOYD: The Skywalk is set to open later this month. We hope you have a great weekend and smooth transition to the time change! For CNN Student News, I"m Monica Lloyd. We leave you today with a bird's-eye view of a structure designed to give...a bird's-eye view.