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Emily: Hi there. I am Emily Reppert, and first up today, President Trump was in Wisconsin yesterday speaking to supporters and focusing on a big campaign issue — jobs.

Inside the Snap-on tool headquarters, the president signed an executive order to support protections for goods made in America. He spoke to a group of technical students and manufacturing workers.

President Donald Trump: We’re going to do everything in our power to make sure that more products are stamped with those wonderful words “Made in the USA.”

Emily: And he said the order would ensure that American workers are hired as well. 

President Trump also called for a review on the H-1B visa program, which is intended to bring skilled workers to the U.S., but the White House says employers have abused the program to hire workers who will accept cheaper pay than Americans. About

85,000 immigrants are here on the H-1B visa, mostly in high-tech jobs.

The executive order makes no official changes, instead sends a signal that the government needs to be more aggressive with its “Buy American, hire American” attitude. Critics say the order could make goods more expensive or even drive companies to move overseas.

Next up, over to the country of Turkey. Experts say a controversial election is leading this once solid democracy into dictatorship. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked for more power, and on Sunday 51 percent of Turkish citizens said yes.

Some of his most vocal supporters want more religion in the government. The result of this election will weaken Turkey's courts and lawmakers, and critics say Erdogan is now on his way to becoming a dictator, where one man has all the power.

The country of Turkey was born in 1921 out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, but it was structured along modern democracies, with a parliament, executive and legislative branches.

Nine months ago, the military tried to overthrow President Erdogan but failed, and he began a crackdown on anyone that spoke out against him. Since then, 50,000 people have been arrested, including more than 2,000 judges, as well as journalists and university professors. 

Experts worry this secular country, where there is a separation of the Muslim religion and the government, could now shift to a conservative Islamic state. International election monitors say the vote was not fair. Thousands in Turkey's largest cities, including Istanbul, protested against it. 

Coming up, young people on a mission to save an ancient wonder. 

Emily: We have been showing you the threats facing the world’s largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Today, Keith Kocinski tags along with some young people and scientists to see how they are helping this natural wonder as we continue a look at A Reef in Danger.

Hannah King: Protecting the reef as much as we can so that it's there for future generations because it really is a one-of-a-kind ecosystem.

Keith: Wayne Cawthorne and Hannah King are part of a team of over 100,000 Reef Guardian students across Australia. The program started in 2003, working with schools to preserve a natural wonder by addressing things like overfishing, pollution and climate change. 

Wayne Cawthorne: It hasn't done anything to us; it's just always been there, and us humans have been always negatively affecting it. 

Keith: If you had to describe why you are out here protecting the Great Barrier Reef in one word, what would it be?

Hannah: Obligation. I feel like my dad used to take me out all the time when I was a kid, and he’s all about the snorkeling and the free diving, and I want to be able to do that for my kids as well. 

Keith: At this river in Townsville, Australia, a few miles away from the ocean, these teens get their hands dirty testing water quality. But how does something miles away from the ocean affect the health of the Great Barrier Reef? Well, this river will eventually flow into the ocean, and if the water is polluted here, it can damage the reef. 

Hannah: Despite being a little bit further inland, it all has a flow-on effect to the Great Barrier Reef, so it's important that we understand what's happening here so that we can gauge the kind of impacts that it has on the reef.

Keith: Saving a busy underwater city that is thousands of years old from becoming a desolate wasteland takes a lot of hard work.

Hannah: These horrible things that are happening to the reef — it's really quite a terrifying thought, but it's also empowering. I feel like this is something that I can have an impact on, and I can influence other people to try and save the reef as well.

Keith: Climate change is causing the waters to warm and the animals inside the coral to die, leaving the coral bleached.

Wing Chan: At this stage we can still make a difference, but there’s a lot like, how much are we willing to do about it?

Keith: It is not going to be easy to reverse the damage, but these scientists are trying.

What is your overall goal with it?

Leela Chakravarti: To save corals, to produce thermally tolerant corals so that in 50, 100 years’ time, we still have our coral reefs.

Keith: It is called the Assisted Evolution of Corals Project at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, a leading facility in coral research. 

Chan: What we are trying to do is just accelerate a naturally occurring process. So evolution is natural; we know that hybridization is natural.

Keith: The scientists want to create stronger coral and algae that can live in warmer waters. They are doing that by breeding it with another species of coral, called hybridization. They are hoping to make coral that can tolerate higher water temperatures and more carbon dioxide. Some are calling it super coral. 

What makes it so super?

Chan: You can call it super coral if you want to. The whole idea of assisted evolution is we are trying to enhance a certain trait of an organism. 

Keith: The hope is it will help save the Great Barrier Reef. 

How successful have you been in terms of your experiment?

Chakravarti: Very successful.

Keith: Yeah?

Chakravarti: Yeah, yeah. So I did an experiment. I actually took some tiny baby corals that had no algae in them, so they were all white. I exposed them to these thermally tolerant symbiodinium, and they did much better than the ones that hadn’t been exposed to any heat stress.

Keith: But critics say it is only a short-term fix, and it is not addressing the root problem.

Looking toward the future, what do you believe is the solution to this? And in addition to that, there are projects like the Assisted Evolution of Corals Project — how do you feel about that?

Professor Terry Hughes: I think the only way we’re going to secure a future for coral reefs is to deal head-on with the issue, which is global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. If we don't do that, then there's no hope for coral reefs.

Keith: Keith Kocinski, Channel One News. 

Emily: Thanks, Keith — some amazing young people.

Now, did you know some of the most poisonous animals in the world live in Australia? Super Anchor Keith and Captain Camera Ronnie were at it again and found out firsthand when they encountered one of the deadliest animals in the world. Check it out at .

All right, coming up, we are running through a time in history when women were not allowed to run. 

Emily: The 120th Boston Marathon took place this week. It is the world's oldest annual marathon, with amateur and professional runners from all over the world coming to compete each year.

Arielle: Yeah, Emily, but one of this year’s racers made history during the marathon

50 years ago, breaking barriers on the streets of Boston and for female runners everywhere.

Once the gun blasts, runners know just what to do: Place one foot in front of the other for 26 miles, 385 yards. But until 50 years ago, half the population were not welcome to participate in marathons. Then, on a cold April morning, 20-year-old Kathrine Switzer changed everything.

Kathrine Switzer: I was just a girl who wanted to run. I proved to my coach I could do it, and I was just there to celebrate.

Arielle: Other women had run the Boston Marathon, but none officially. Her coach had one condition: that she register as a contestant. 

Switzer: Nobody believed a woman could or would want to run, so that — why even consider it? 

Arielle: A few miles into the race, an official named Jock Semple spotted her.

Switzer: I turned, and I suddenly looked into the face of the angriest guy I had ever seen. This guy was out of control. He was snarling at me.

Arielle: This now iconic series of photos came to represent a female athlete's struggle to compete. 

Switzer: He grabbed me. I was just terrified — it was out of the blue. My burly boyfriend, who was running alongside — 235-pound, ex-All American football player — took out the official just like that.

Arielle: Switzer crossed the finish line that day and never stopped running. Following her example, women all around the world were inspired to take up the sport.  

Earlier this week, at 70 years old, Switzer ran the Boston Marathon again, 50 years later. 

Switzer: The higher reason now is not to prove that women can do it. The higher reason now is also to show, frankly, that an older person can stay active and healthy. I want to celebrate in the best possible way.

Arielle: Five decades after first crossing that finish line, Kathrine Switzer did it again. She put one foot in front of the other — and changed the world. 

Arielle Hixson, Channel One News. 

Emily: Very cool. Thanks, Arielle. 

All right, it is time for us to race on out of here, but we will see you right back here tomorrow.

 

 

 

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