1 00:00:11,465 --> 00:00:17,309 A major battle has begun for a city in Iraq, and that's where we begin today's show. I'm Carl Azus, 2 00:00:17,309 --> 00:00:23,080 thank you for watching. Fallujah is located in central Iraq, along the banks of the Euphrates River. 3 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:29,810 It's been controlled by the ISIS terrorist group since early 2014. In fact, it was the first Iraqi city that ISIS 4 00:00:29,810 --> 00:00:36,764 captured as part of its plan to create its own Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The fight to take Fallujah back 5 00:00:36,764 --> 00:00:43,048 involves Iraqi troops, police, and militias and they're supported by US led air strikes. But trapped in the 6 00:00:43,048 --> 00:00:49,963 crossfire between these forces and the ISIS fighters who control the city, an estimated 10, 000 civilian families, 7 00:00:49,963 --> 00:00:55,970 according to the United Nations. The Iraqi Air Force dropped leaflets on the city, telling residents how 8 00:00:55,970 --> 00:01:02,641 they can get out safely. But activists in the area say ISIS is not allowing civilians to go and that some have 9 00:01:02,641 --> 00:01:09,671 died trying to leave. Falluja is where dozens of US troops were killed during the Iraq war in 2004. 10 00:01:09,671 --> 00:01:17,820 It's a strategic city that's no stranger to terrorist or violence. Falluja has a long history of bloody battles. 11 00:01:17,820 --> 00:01:21,702 It's considered A hotbed of Sunni insurgent groups. 12 00:01:21,702 --> 00:01:33,050 This was the first city to fall to ISIS months before any other city in Iraq, in January of 2014. Extremist groups 13 00:01:33,050 --> 00:01:40,339 like ISIS and Al Qaeda in Iraq before that used Falluja as a symbol of Sunni resistance. Now for the 14 00:01:40,339 --> 00:01:47,370 Shias of Iraq, many of them feel that a lot of the terrorist attacks that target them, whether it's ISIS or Al Qaeda 15 00:01:47,370 --> 00:01:53,234 in Iraq before that, those attacks, they feel, stem from Falluja, especially with its proximity to Baghdad. 16 00:01:53,234 --> 00:01:59,536 So they really have wanted to see ISIS cleared out of that city for a very long time. 17 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:09,778 Now with this new offensive underway right now, it's expected to last a very long time and expected to be 18 00:02:09,778 --> 00:02:11,373 bloody if history is anything to go by. 19 00:02:11,373 --> 00:02:17,423 Here what remains a major issue is the civilians who may still be trapped inside that city. 20 00:02:18,833 --> 00:02:23,933 The head of security for the US Transportation Security Administration has lost his job. 21 00:02:23,933 --> 00:02:29,351 A house of representatives committee announced the change earlier this week. It followed a congressional 22 00:02:29,351 --> 00:02:34,799 hearing on mismanagement at the TSA. The organization's in charge of screening passengers and 23 00:02:34,799 --> 00:02:41,629 cargo at airports across the US. But the Department of Homeland Security which oversees the TSA says, 24 00:02:41,629 --> 00:02:48,218 it's had a number of security failures recently and some have swelled long lines at airport checkpoints, 25 00:02:48,218 --> 00:02:54,311 causing hundreds of passengers to miss their flights. The TSA says, Kelly Hogan wasn't fired specifically 26 00:02:54,311 --> 00:02:59,107 for doing anything wrong, but that the agency wanted a different approach to security leadership. 27 00:02:59,107 --> 00:03:03,449 It's saying that a number of management changes are ahead, and that they'll deliver better 28 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:06,602 leadership and screening operations at American airports. 29 00:03:06,602 --> 00:03:17,725 Starting in Brazil on today's call of the roll, the nation has 26 states and in the northeast state of Ceara Hello 30 00:03:17,725 --> 00:03:25,444 to all of our viewers at Escola de Ensino Medio Liceu do Crato. San Juan Hills High School is next, from 31 00:03:25,444 --> 00:03:32,499 the US state of California. The Stallions are roaming in San Juan Capistrano. And one state over in Arizona, 32 00:03:32,499 --> 00:03:34,784 we've got some Wolverines watching today. 33 00:03:34,784 --> 00:03:39,444 Mountain Vista Middle School rounds out our roll from San Tan Valley. 34 00:03:39,444 --> 00:03:45,694 The Walkman, the floppy disk, the dot matrix printer, and the VHS, the video home system. 35 00:03:45,694 --> 00:03:51,478 These are some of the inventions of the 1970s, that have become obsolete with the passage of time, 36 00:03:51,478 --> 00:03:57,164 and the progress of technology. But there are some designs of the disco era that we can't imagine 37 00:03:57,164 --> 00:04:04,440 living without. Email, the first video game, cell phones, and one thing that doesn't get a lot of credit but has 38 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,170 revolutionized shopping, the barcode. 39 00:04:07,170 --> 00:04:16,040 On June 26, 1974, a pack of Juicy Fruit gum made history when it was the first item to ever be scanned via 40 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:23,432 a state of the art technology, the bar code. And now, more than 40 years later, 5 billion bar codes 41 00:04:23,432 --> 00:04:25,924 are scanned every day across the world. 42 00:04:25,924 --> 00:04:39,661 The code itself, you know those black lines of varying width on the label was inspired by mores code. 43 00:04:39,661 --> 00:04:47,679 But the holy smokes component of the innovation was how it was scanned, by lasers. Lasers had 44 00:04:47,679 --> 00:04:53,693 been the stuff of nerd fantasy until the early 1960's, when the Hughes Aircraft Company unveiled the 45 00:04:53,693 --> 00:04:59,780 first one at a press conference. A Los Angeles newspaper reported the story underneath the headline, 46 00:04:59,780 --> 00:05:07,571 LA Man DIscovers Science Fiction Death Ray. But the fact of the matter is, no one knew what to do with that 47 00:05:07,571 --> 00:05:14,964 new technology until that June morning in 1974 when a pack of Juicy Fruit gum in Ohio changed the world. 48 00:05:14,964 --> 00:05:22,219 Today, bar codes are the unsung heroes that make everything from shipping, into boarding an airplane to 49 00:05:22,219 --> 00:05:29,224 keeping track of medication possible. But the biggest beneficiary is retail. Think about a grocery store from 50 00:05:29,224 --> 00:05:36,259 yesteryear, every individual item had to be marked with a price and the cashier had to manually input it 51 00:05:36,259 --> 00:05:43,655 into the register. So thanks to the bar code, you're waiting in the checkout line a whole lot less. And the 52 00:05:43,655 --> 00:05:49,527 stores themselves have benefited big time. The bar codes allow them to keep accurate real time inventory. 53 00:05:49,527 --> 00:05:55,143 That's a major advance in efficiency. Even in the costs in groceries staff their jobs. 54 00:06:01,323 --> 00:06:08,373 For about 20 people who live in a housing project in Richmond, Virginia, Craig Dodson has become a sort 55 00:06:08,373 --> 00:06:15,017 of father figure. The 37 year old leads a non profit organization called Richmond Cycling Core. It allows 56 00:06:15,017 --> 00:06:20,103 young people who's opportunities are extremely limited and who's schools are some of the lowest 57 00:06:20,103 --> 00:06:27,571 performing to join cycling teams and to train to ride. The lessons and the benefits go far beyond the bike trails. 58 00:06:27,571 --> 00:06:31,655 All right. Come on back guys. Rows of five. 59 00:06:31,655 --> 00:06:34,169 The thing is for you, you got to get in the woods, all right? 60 00:06:34,169 --> 00:06:37,668 And then settle into your rhythm, you know what I mean? 61 00:06:37,668 --> 00:06:44,959 Stay positive, run, run, there you go that's how it's done. 62 00:06:44,959 --> 00:06:51,238 All during the race, we see our kids are going through this rollercoaster of emotion. 63 00:06:51,238 --> 00:07:00,361 Come on, Jay. I know you fell dude, but you got this. What a lot of people can't see is that our kids have the 64 00:07:00,361 --> 00:07:06,739 equivalent of ten suitcases each of baggage that they are carrying on that bike. 65 00:07:06,739 --> 00:07:15,166 The kids live in Richmond Public Housing. It's not just bad because of drugs, violence, guns. 66 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:19,270 Goodbye. 67 00:07:19,270 --> 00:07:23,571 You ain't gotta swerve. You gotta tighten up, man. I'm not playing with you right now, man. 68 00:07:23,571 --> 00:07:28,970 I'm being serious. You're clowning way too hard. That's why we've been on you so hard. 69 00:07:28,970 --> 00:07:32,478 Matt's gonna be here in the morning to pick you up. We're tired of getting messages from everyone 70 00:07:32,478 --> 00:07:37,380 that you're ducking school. It's gotta stop or you're gonna fail 9th grade. 71 00:07:37,380 --> 00:07:44,823 We gotta get Antonio. Our organization is not about giving kids positive life experiences through bikes. 72 00:07:44,823 --> 00:07:50,804 Our job is to get them out of public housing. The bad news is you gotta little suspension. 73 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,739 So we can pick him up in the morning this week, put him to work at least. 74 00:07:53,739 --> 00:07:55,422 That's what I do here with him. 75 00:07:55,422 --> 00:07:56,662 This is a war to me. 76 00:07:56,662 --> 00:07:58,114 What time do you wake up? 77 00:07:58,114 --> 00:08:04,469 It's me against the circumstances these kids live in. Thought I was gonna let you off the chain, man? 78 00:08:04,469 --> 00:08:11,472 You come in and hold them accountable and it shows a level of care that their not use to. 79 00:08:15,292 --> 00:08:23,133 He taught me to be your own person. Don't be what you live around. You never give up. 80 00:08:23,133 --> 00:08:24,360 I'm so proud of you man. 81 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:30,460 We see the side of these kids that is genius. There are so many things that we wish the world could see. 82 00:08:30,460 --> 00:08:32,362 These are kids that have been let down. 83 00:08:32,362 --> 00:08:35,654 Guys, we'll pick you up tomorrow, man, at the same time, all right? 84 00:08:35,654 --> 00:08:41,009 My promise to them is, I'm not going to leave you. Good job, today. All right, I'll see you Thursday. 85 00:08:41,009 --> 00:08:41,979 All right. 86 00:08:48,339 --> 00:08:54,832 Those of you who were not Star Wars fans are gonna see this and think, okay, well loud sliding door. 87 00:08:54,832 --> 00:09:03,300 Those of you who are Star Wars fans might hear it and think 88 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:08,301 So again, the R2- D2 screaming door. 89 00:09:08,301 --> 00:09:19,989 Maybe the laughter is not as infectious as the viral Chewbacca mask video. But it certainly made 90 00:09:19,989 --> 00:09:26,607 some folks Chewbac- up to hear it again thinking it was R2- D2 good to Skywalk through just Ob- 1 time. 91 00:09:26,607 --> 00:09:32,382 That's it for today's pun solo, it's part of my Jabba and for putting up with them. Yoda the best. 92 00:09:32,382 --> 00:09:34,133 CNN Student News, we'll catch you Vader.