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http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/ Quick Guide Winter Blast - Hear how severe winter weather conditions are affecting parts of the U.S. Making Hajj - Learn how Saudi Arabian officials have prepared for an influx of pilgrims. History on the Block - Examine the historic influence of a famous document that's up for auction. Transcript Don't Miss * CNN Student News * Ten Questions: December 18 * Learning Activity: Winter Weather * 'Nasty' winter storms cause traffic deaths, delays * Muslims gather for Hajj pilgrimage THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. MONICA LLOYD, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: We're glad to have you with us for a new day of CNN Student News. We're on Headline News, online, on iTunes, and we're in your classroom. Hi, everyone. I'm Monica Lloyd. First Up: Winter Blast LLOYD: First up today: snow, and lots of it! The wintry white weather is covering huge parts of the U.S. We're talking 10.5 inches in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 14 inches in parts of Indiana. One town in upstate New York got a foot and a half of snow! The flurries have caused accidents on highways and left tens of thousands of people without power. Kate Bolduan has more on the chilly conditions around the country. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KATE BOLDUAN, CNN REPORTER: Fun for some, dangerous for others. The most recent round of winter storms stretched from the Great Lakes all the way to Maine, dumping a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain. PERSON ON THE STREET: A complete sheet of ice. It's pretty tough. BOLDUAN: At least ten inches of snow fell in Michigan, and up to a foot and a half in parts of New England. The freezing conditions made for some very slick roads. And, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, an ice-coated tree smashed into this woman's car. PERSON ON THE STREET: I'd rather have a foot of snow than this. Ice is worse than snow. Snow I can shovel away; this is devastating. BOLDUAN: As people in the Midwest and Northeast begin to dig out, forecasters say the Upper Great Lakes could get another few inches of snow by week's end. Reporting from Washington, I'm Kate Bolduan for CNN Student News. (END VIDEO CLIP) Promo LLOYD: Now, that storm hit residents with a triple-threat: ice, snow and sleet. This time of year, you hear these winter weather terms a lot. But do you know what causes sleet? What regions are most likely to be hit by a Nor'easter? The difference between a wind chill advisory and warning? We've got a Learning Activity that helps students research those answers and more. Check it out at CNNStudentNews.com! Holiday Mail DELVIN JOHNSON, MAIL SORTER: This is the day, you know, right before Christmas. The Monday before Christmas, where everybody do a lot of shipping. So, today and tomorrow it's going to be pretty heavy. LLOYD: "Pretty heavy" might be an understatement. The U.S. Postal Service expected yesterday to be the busiest shipping day of the year, with nearly 1 billion pieces of mail going into the system. But never fear. Around 700,000 USPS employees are working to make sure all those letters to Santa get delivered on time. ID Me CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS: See if you can I.D. Me! I'm a Middle Eastern country located between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. My land contains about a fourth of the world's oil supplies. I was unified as a kingdom in 1932. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to the holy site of Mecca. Making Hajj LLOYD: Muslims from around the world have journeyed to their religion's birthplace for the Hajj. If you were with us yesterday, you know that the event, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims will take part in the ceremonies. That's a lot of visitors coming into the country all at the same time. Isha Sesay looks at how Saudi officials have prepared for the event. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ISHA SESAY, CNN REPORTER: From all over the world, the Muslim faithful come, ready to perform the Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. But before arriving in the birthplace of Islam, many pilgrims making the journey by air transit here, in Pilgrims' City at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. These pilgrims are from Indonesia, and along with the hundreds of thousands of others who have passed through this hub in the last month, they are greeted with warmth and efficiency. AIRPORT WORKER: Eslam alaykum! THE CROWD RESPONDS: Malaykum salam! SESAY: Each pilgrim receives a booklet in their native language to guide them through performing the Hajj rituals. They're then ushered into one of the eighteen holding areas where their travel and health documents are checked. The nine-and-a-half hour flight from Indonesia has done little to dampen this woman's excitement. PERSON ON THE STREET: I'm very, very happy! SESAY: Pilgrims from Iran, Germany, India and Bangladesh sit in orderly lines, waiting patiently. With members of the Saudi Air Force highly visible, there are no scenes of pushing and shoving or raised voices here. Sami Badr, manager of Hajj and Umrah operations at this airport, tells us that over the years, they have improved their system for dealing with the massive numbers of people who arrive for Hajj. SAMI BADR, MANAGER OF HAJJ AND UMRAH OPERATIONS AT KING ABDULAZIZ AIRPORT: Every day we get experience. We learn from our mistakes to give more service and very nice service to the guests of Allah. SESAY: Still, nothing ever really goes exactly according to plan. PERSON ON THE STREET: Very good, but the flight of Saudi was about eight hours late. SESAY: It takes the pilgrims on average two hours to clear immigration, customs and security checks. Once that's over, they're released into the heart of Pilgrims' City, complete with food stalls, financial services and a health center. People are anxious to share their enthusiasm. NIGERIAN WOMAN: Thank God. Thank God. SESAY: Eventually she, like the other pilgrims, will clamber aboard one of the thousands of buses that will depart Pilgrims' City. People of different races, ethnicities, men, women, the very old and the young: all of them on a spiritual journey. But once there in Islam's holiest city, these differences will melt away, and all that will matter is their faith. Isha Sesay, CNN, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (END VIDEO CLIP) Shoutout AZUZ: Time for the Shoutout! What English monarch signed the Magna Carta in 1215? If you think you know it, shout it out! Was it: A) King John, B) King Paul, C) King George or D) King Ringo? You've got three seconds -- GO! The "great charter" of English liberties was signed by England's King John in 1215. History on the Block LLOYD: Nearly 800 years later, the Magna Carta's still around, literally! A handful of copies have survived over the centuries, and one of them is going up on the auction block in New York this week. Before the bidding gets started, Max Foster goes back to where the famous document was signed and looks at its influence on history. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MAX FOSTER, CNN REPORTER: To fully understand the Magna Carta, you need to come to this field a few miles west of London. It was here in 1215 that King John met with a group of rebellious barons and bishops and signed up to a set of principles which would form the foundations of English law. The same principles would be used in the French Revolution, the American Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. Magna Carta contained the concept of individual liberty and freedom, and said that no man, not even the King, was above the law. Parts of the charter are still as relevant today as they always were. Think about the section which talks about no man being imprisoned without lawful judgment. And its not just the principles of Magna Carta that have lasted all these centuries. So, incredibly, has some of the paperwork. Here at the British Library, they still have two of the original copies of the documents that were signed in 1215. The copy under the hammer in New York this week is a revised version from 1297. That it's on sale at all though, came as a complete surprise to these American students visiting London. STUDENT 1: I couldn't imagine that there is still a privately-owned copy of Magna Carta floating around the world. It seems really incredible that any one person should actually have that in their possession. It must be really incredible to actually own something like that. STUDENT 2: I personally hope the government or some charitable foundation gets a hold of it so that everybody can enjoy seeing it. STUDENT 3: So much of our own Constitution is based off of this Magna Carta, and we learn it in history the same as everybody else. It's pretty neat. FOSTER: When King John came to this spot nearly 800 years ago, he thought he was just signing up to a peace agreement. Little did he know those sheets of paper would form the basis of law across the English-speaking world and beyond. Max Foster, CNN, London. (END VIDEO CLIP) Blog Promo LLOYD: Here's your chance to be part of this Friday's "Before We Go" segment. Now, we don't want you wrestling snakes or dancing in the streets. We want teachers to tell us their class' top pick for funniest CNN Student News video of the year! Just comment on today's blog at CNNStudentNews.com, and you could see your favorite video once again when it airs on Friday's show! Before We Go LLOYD: The U.S. Capitol has a resident Byrd: the senior senator from West Virginia. Yesterday, it got another one. This free-flying fowl found its way past security and into the Senate press gallery. It even made friends with a fellow reporter. The winged wonder eventually found its seat -- or perch -- and waited patiently to be called on. But it never got the chance to ask a question. So much for freedom of the press. Goodbye LLOYD: At least the avian edition. That's where we take flight. But we'll see you right back here tomorrow. Have a great day, everyone. I'm Monica Lloyd. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 125.225.174.167