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CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Discussing donations, fighting fires and parking without people - all that`s coming up.
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But we start this Tuesday edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS with new developments and two stories we`ve told you about recently.
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First, the nation of Turkey.
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Yesterday, we reported on protests there, the largest demonstrations against Turkey`s government in years.
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Yesterday, they were still going, this started in Istanbul,
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but the fighting between protesters and police forces has spread to other cities like the capital, Ankara.
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The big focus of these protests is Turkey`s prime minister,
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has run the country`s government for ten years.
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A local journalist described him as the most powerful and popular politician Turkey has seen in generations,
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but some Turks disagree with Erdogan`s controlling leadership style.
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The journalists said he thinks people are protesting because they want their voices heard.
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For now, the protesters show no signs of backing down and Prime Minister Erdogan shows no signs of giving into their demands.
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The other story we are following up on is about a virus that first showed up in the Middle East.
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Now, it`s spread to Italy.
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It`s called the Middle East respiratory symptom Coronavirus or MERS-CoV for short.
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The general director of the World Health Organization says it`s a threat to the entire world.
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So far, 53 known infections have been reported,
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but of those 53 cases, the patients in 30 of them have died.
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Over the weekend, three new cases were reported in Italy, it`s first time the virus has shown up in that country.
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Health officials said all three patients are in stable condition, one thing they all had in common,
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they had either travel to the Middle East recently or been in contact with someone who had.
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In fact, that`s been the case for all the reported cases of MERS-CoV so far.
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That`s one of the few things that health officials do know about this virus.
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How it spreads, still a mystery.
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In order to prevent infections, scientists need as much information as they can,
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and the World Health Organization is asking the entire world to pull its resources together to study this virus.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just the facts:
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cystic fibrosis is a disease that can affect a person`s lungs and digestive system.
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Symptoms can appear in newborn babies or may not show up until adulthood.
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Cystic fibrosis is life threatening.
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That can be treated, but there is no cure.
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AZUZ: Sarah Murnaghan was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was a baby.
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Now, Sarah is ten, and her hope is that she`ll get a new set of lungs.
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That would have to come from an organ donor.
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You might have seen a notice about organ donation at the DMV.
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People can sign up to be an organ donor when they renew or get their license.
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Some organs can be donated while you`re alive, others like lungs are donated after the donor has died.
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Every day around 80 Americans get a life-saving organ transplant,
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and every day nearly 20 Americans die while waiting for an organ donations.
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Right now there are around 1700 people on the waiting list for lungs.
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Sarah is at the top of the list for pediatric lungs, adult lungs are a lot more available, but getting those can be challenging for different reasons.
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Susan Candiotti explains why in this report on Sarah.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN ANCHOR: Sarah Murnaghan`s lungs are getting weaker and weaker.
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The ten-year old with cystic fibrosis is now in intensive care.
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Wise beyond her years, Sarah knows she needs a transplant, and is in a battle for her life.
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SARAH MURNAGHAN, NEEDS LUNG TRANSPLANT: No, I`m never gonna quit! Never! Never!
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CANDIOTTI: Sarah`s parents also are not quitting.
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Frustrated because Friday the federal government refused to intervene.
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JANET MURNAGHAN, SARAH`S MOTHER: Somebody needs to stand up and say, this is right, this is a human issue, this is not politics, this is a human issue.
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CANDIOTTI: Even though Sarah`s at the top of the child`s transplant list in her region and has been waiting for 18 months,
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federal guidelines disqualify her for an adult lung until she is 12,
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unless every other adult on the waiting list turns down a donor lung.
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In an email obtained by CNN, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Sarah`s parents, she is not authorized to intervene.
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But is ordering a transplant policy review, adding "I know this is not the answer you were hoping to receive, my prayers are with you."
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JANET MURNAGHAN: She`s, I`m so sorry, I know this isn`t what you wanted to hear.
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It is in her legal authority, we`re going to let your kid die over red tape?
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CANDIOTTI: It`s a battle Sarah shares with other children, comparing her lungs disease with CF to a boat filling with sand.
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SARAH MURNAGHAN: "You close your eyes and pretend that you`re on a boat.
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But sand sinks your boat. But we`re gonna be OK."
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CANDIOTTI (on camera): Tell me what you think her chances are now, given that the Secretary didn`t step in.
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SARAH MURNAGHAN: If you directly donate your loved one`s lungs to Sarah, the law cannot change that.
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And Sarah will use them and create a positive wonderful life and legacy for your loved one.
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I`m praying that somebody sees this story and is in a position to save my baby.
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CANDIOTTI (voice over): For now, Sarah says life is all about possibilities.
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Susan Candiotti, CNN, New York.
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AZUZ: Very powerful story. And in California more than 2,000 firefighters are working to get a massive blaze under control.
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This is happening around 65 miles outside of Los Angeles.
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It`s called the powerhouse fire, it broke out last Thursday near a hydroelectric plant.
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Since then winds have helped spread the flames, and the wildfire has burned at least 25,000 acres.
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And acres roughly the size as a football field, so imagine 25,000 of them, that`s how big an area we`re talking about.
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Yesterday, officials said it was around 40 percent contained.
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Around the 1000 homes were threatened by the fire.
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Nearly 3,000 people were affected, told to leave their homes to get away from the danger.
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Experts predict that the powerhouse fire may not be fully contained until early next week.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Today`s "Shoutout" goes out to Mr. Kunis` U.S. history classes at Aviano Middle High School in Aviano, Italy.
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The world "garage" comes from what language?
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You know what to do. Is it Latin, Hindi, Greek or French?
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You`ve got three seconds, go.
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"Garage" comes from a French word that means "to shelter."
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That`s your answer and that`s your "Shoutout."
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AZUZ: How many times have you left your car in a parking garage and then come back later and have that split second -
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oh no, where did I park feeling?
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What if you didn`t have to ever remember where you parked?
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In fact, what you never had to park at all?
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Jack Tapper explains how a new type of garage handles autos with automation.
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JACK TAPPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Do you think this is scary?
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What about letting a robot park your car?
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The family who brought you some of the fastest rollercoasters in the world is now brining you this: the robot garage.
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Now, don`t get too excited, a robot won`t be behind the wheel.
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Rather, the garage does the parking.
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Take a look at how it works: First, you pull in and park on a large steel track, next punch your code into a panel.
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The battery-powered robot then slides under the tray and lifts your vehicle two inches above the floor,
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moving it to an open parking space and in a touch worthy of Inspector Gadget spins your car around and parks it.
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President and founder of Boomerang Chris Mulvihill came up with the idea.
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CHRIS MULVIHILL, BOOMERANG PRESIDENT: You don`t have to remember where you parked. You don`t have to worry about the (inaudible).
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TAPPER: Now, what you might be worried about is, what happens if the robot breaks down?
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MULVIHILL: A very low level technician can come in and simply turn the button off and push it into an empty space.
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TAPPER: That`s right, move it aside and the other robots keep working.
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Similar technology has done well overseas, but robotic garages in the U.S. have only had moderate success, Mulvihill says, until now.
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Even better robots eliminate the need for humans to walk through empty garages alone.
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MARK PATTERSON, BOOMERANG CHAIRMAN AND CEO: Many bad things have happened in parking garages, but the patron never has to be in the garage in an unsafe environment.
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AZUZ: Remember everything your parents taught you about good table manners?
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These guys are about to throw all that out the window,
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that`s what you got to do to keep up in the world of professional eating.
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These competitors are cramming their crawls with the deli delicacy, pastrami, the winner packed away 25 half sandwiches in ten minutes.
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Hopefully, he packs some anti-acids, too.
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Some of our "Before We Go" segments are fluffy, but this one had some real meat to it.
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In fact, they shouldn`t even call it a competition, they should call it a meat meat.
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We`ll meet you again for tomorrow`s digestive CNN STUDENT NEWS. We hope you`ll choose to join us. Have a great day.
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