Quick Guide & Transcript: Study: Kids bombarded by food ads, Bush threatens to veto bill

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(CNN Student News) -- March 29, 2007

Quick Guide

Getting Hungry? - Check out a new study that says kids are being stuffed with food commercials.

Constitutional Showdown - Learn why President Bush is threatening to veto a bill being debated in the Senate.

British Troops Seized - Get the latest news on a group of British sailors and marines being held in Iran.

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: We're rolling into our Thursday edition of CNN Student News. From the CNN Center, I'm Monica Lloyd. A growing problem: Why a new study says junk food commercials are a big part of the problem behind rising childhood obesity. A looming showdown: Why President Bush is again threatening to veto a Senate bill that sets a date for troops to leave Iraq. And a mystifying mouse hunt: Why a man had some trouble sinking his teeth into a battle of wits with an unwanted house guest.

First Up: Getting Hungry?

LLOYD: First up today, an organization is releasing new information about kids' health. When you watch TV, you can expect a steady diet of food commercials. But are those ads showing you the best eating options? Well, a new study says the answer is a big fat no, and that kids are being stuffed with commercials for junk food. Stan Nurnberger explains why it might be time for food companies to start advertising a healthier menu.

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VICKY RIDEOUT, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION: Today we're releasing the largest study ever conducted of food advertising to children on television.

STAN NURNBERGER, CNN REPORTER: The Kaiser Family Foundation examined more than 16 hundred hours of commercials in 2005 like these. Researchers discovered that kids see food advertised more than anything else.

MARGO WOOTAN, CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: There's a tremendous amount of advertising aimed at kids. A lot of it is food and of the ads for food it's almost all junk food.

NURNBERGER: Of the thousands of food ads studied, 34 percent were for candy and snacks, 28 percent for cereal and 10 percent for fast food. Not one advertised fruits and vegetables. Critics say major food companies need to advertise healthier options.

MIKE MCGINNIS, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE: I think companies are clearly getting it. I think they are not sure what to do yet, but there's no question that they're concerned, as they should be, about the public concern over the increase in childhood obesity.

NURNBERGER: Companies like PepsiCo, makers of Pepsi, Fritos and some cereals, say they are already taking action.

NANCY GREEN, PEPSICO: The industry is very concerned about this and is making steps in the right direction.

NURNBERGER: PepsiCo has a program devoted to promoting healthy products called Smart Stop. And last November, 11 major food and drink companies, including PepsiCo, Coke and McDonalds agreed to devote at least half of their advertising to healthier choices or promoting a healthier lifestyle. But the voluntary rules have not yet gone into affect. For CNN Student News, I'm Stan Nurnberger in Atlanta.

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LLOYD: The study mentioned in that report was done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which isn't affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Family is a private, non-profit operating foundation that focuses on health care issues.

Shoutout

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for the Shoutout! What term describes a president's rejection of a bill? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) Filibuster, B) Veto, C) Override or D) Habeas corpus? You've got three seconds -- GO! A veto is a president's rejection of a bill! And it keeps the bill from becoming law unless Congress overrides the veto. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!

Constitutional Showdown

LLOYD: President Bush is talking about a veto for a bill that's being debated right now in the Senate. The bill would give additional funding to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it's not the spending that the president is concerned about, it's an amendment that comes with it. Reba Hollingsworth gives us both sides of the looming showdown.

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REBA HOLLINGSWORTH, CNN REPORTER: The Senate -- still debating a war spending bill that sets a 2008 timeline to pull troops out of Iraq. The debate comes a day after Senate Democrats delivered a surprising blow--narrowly defeating a Republican attempt to keep the troop deadline amendment out of the spending bill.

Harry Reid: The Senate finally acknowledged reality in Iraq. The president's policy is not working. It is time to change course.

HOLLINGSWORTH: The president is unbowed; threatening to flex his veto muscle.

PRESIDENT BUSH: The House and Senate bills have too much pork, too many conditions on our commanders and an artificial timetable for withdrawal. And I have made it clear for weeks if either version comes to my desk I am going to veto it.

HOLLINGSWORTH: And that would mean the 124 billion dollars earmarked for funding U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq would be scrapped, and lawmakers sent back to the drawing board. Republicans say that Democrats would be to blame.

SEN. LINDSAY GRAHAM, R- SC: We're setting deadlines and timelines that are a road map for our enemy to drive us out of Iraq.

HOLLINGSWORTH: House Democrats who passed a similar version of the bill last week applauded the Senate's 50 to 48 victory. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had this response to the president's veto threat:

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI: Calm down with the threats. There's a new Congress in town. We respect your constitutional role. We want you to respect ours. This war must end.

HOLLINGSWORTH: Tough talk. But Democrats are far short of having a two-thirds majority to override a presidential veto. For CNN Student News, I'm Reba Hollingsworth.

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Is this legit?

AZUZ: Is This Legit? A nautical mile is the same distance as a mile that you'd run or drive. Not legit! A nautical mile is just over 6,000 feet, while a statue mile is 5,280 feet. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout

British Troops Seized

LLOYD: A few nautical miles may be why a group of British sailors and marines are being held in Iran. We told you earlier this week that the 15 service members were captured in the Persian Gulf. Iran says the crew trespassed into Iranian waters. But Britain says they were on patrol in Iraqi waters. Now, video footage of the sailors has shown up on Iranian TV. Robin Oakley has the latest in the ongoing standoff.

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ROBIN OAKLEY, CNN REPORTER:Iran infuriated Britiain by showing these pictures of the captives -- apparently well-treated -- on its state television. It was Tehran's response to satellite tracking evidence which Britain said proved the captured sailors had never left Iraqi waters. The Iranian state television footage included this claimed confession, under circumstances CNN cannot verify, from the only woman among the fifteen sailors and marines, Seaman Faye Turney.

LEADING SEAMAN FAYE TURNEY: I was arrested on Friday the 23rd of March. Obviously we trespassed into their waters. They were very friendly, very hospitable, very thoughtful, nice people. They explained to us why we had been arrested. There was no aggression, no hurt, no harm. They were very, very, compassionate.

OAKLEY: A letter from Turney to her family was also released by the Iranian Embassy in London. It talks of the British sailors "apparently" going into Iranian waters adding: "I wish we hadn't because then I'd be home with you all right now.' The Foreign Office is outraged by the television footage, saying that showing captives is "completely unacceptable.' Tony Blair earlier displayed his anger to lawmakers.

TONY BLAIR UK PRIME MINISTER: These personnel were patrolling in Iraqi waters under a United Nations mandate. Their boarding and checking of the Indian merchant vessel was routine. There was no justification whatever therefore, for their detention. It was completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal.

OAKLEY: To show how wrong, the Deputy Chief of Britain's Defence Staff briefed journalists, displaying maps and satellite tracking evidence giving precise grid references of where he says the British sailors and Marines had boarded the vessel, only to be surrounded and seized by heavily armed Iranian boats as they left. (POINTING TO A MAP) This, say the British naval authorities, is where the boarded vessel was, 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi waters. Defined by the red line here. They also revealed that in the previously secret conversations with British diplomats the Iranians had produced their own set of grid references. The first of those, here, actually put the incident inside Iraqi waters, not in Iranian waters at all. But when Britain pointed that out, saying the whole affair must be based on a misunderstanding, the Iranians produced a second set of grid references, this time putting the incident inside Iranian waters. The merchant vessel is still at anchor and the British confirmed its position with a handheld GPS aboard a helicopter.

OAKLEY: Ironically, though the language has sharpened and the British have been outraged at the pictures of the captives, the diplomatic crisis may have started moving toward a resolution. Tehran said the affair isn't linked in their minds to any other issue, ruling out suggestions of an attempted prisoner swap with five Iranians held by the U.S. in Iraq. The capitives are clearly being better treated than those being held in a similar incident in 2004. And foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says he is now hopeful the two governments can reach an accomodation. Robin Oakley, CNN, London.

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Promo

LLOYD: If you want to locate the Persian Gulf, where those British service members were captured, or Iran, where they're currently being held, you can find them on our free downloadable maps. But labeling them is up to you. Check them out at CNN.com/EDUCATION.

Before We Go

LLOYD: Before we go, a tale of mice and men that's not quite classic literature. Bill Exner has been waging a battle of wits with this furry opponent. The Maine resident says he's captured the field mouse three times. But the crafty critter keeps finding his way free. But the last escape act was followed by another disappearance: Exner's dentures! However, this tale has a happy ending. Exner triumphed over his adversary and recovered the false teeth.

Goodbye

LLOYD: Certainly not your normal mouse hunt. And that wraps up today's CNN Student News. Thanks for watching. I'm Monica Lloyd.

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