CNN Student News Transcript: February 25, 2008

(CNN Student News) -- February 25, 2008

Quick Guide

Stealth Bomber Crash - Watch what happens when the government's costliest warplane crashes.

U.S. Embassy Attacked - See a crowd of angry demonstrators descend on an American Embassy.

America Votes 2008 - Tag along as an underdog candidate refuses to give up his presidential quest.

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: It's a back-to-school Monday, and you've found CNN Student News for this February 25th. I'm Monica Lloyd. Let's catch up with what's going on in your world.

First Up: Stealth Bomber Crash

LLOYD: Ever been behind the wheel and dented your car, or even your folks' car? Then you know how horrible an accident feels, and how expensive it is, too. Now multiply that by a billion, and that's how two U.S. Air Force pilots must be feeling today. Their B-2 "stealth" bomber crashed Saturday. It's the most expensive warplane the government owns. Ouch! Kate Bouldon tells us what the bomber is designed to do, and what went wrong last weekend.

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KATE BOLDUAN, CNN REPORTER: This wreckage caught on tape is all that's left of an Air Force B-2 bomber. The Batwing Bomber is known for its ability to travel long range, carry a heavy payload and fly undetected. In recent years, it has played a key role during operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.

MAJ. GEN. SHEPPERD, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: The whole idea is it goes in as 'kick down the door' force. In other words, it goes in early it hits key targets, key defensive targets, key industrial targets, key leadership targets.

BOLDUAN: The B-2 is also known for its price tag; over two billion dollars each, the most expensive American warplane. And an expensive loss after Saturday morning's crash at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. Fortunately the crew ejected and survived. The Air Force says the plane was heading back to its home base in Missouri when the mishap occurred. No bombs were onboard. The plane had finished a temporary deployment in Guam as part of the U.S.'s continuous bomber presence in the western Pacific. The Air Force has another staging site in Diego Garcia.

SHEPPERD: Out of those bases with one refueling it can cover the world and it can show up again announced unseen early in a war that's the value of it.

BOLDUAN: The fleet was unveiled in 1988 and had never before crashed. Military analysts say at 20 years old, age is not a likely factor.

MICHAEL O'HANLON, BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: We're flying planes twice as old. The B-52, named for the year in which it was developed, is still around and many of us fly commercially on planes built in the 60's still. So the age of this plane should not have been a problem.

BOLDUAN: While the B-2 can hit as many as 80 different targets in a single run, its mission is increasingly going to a new generation of fighter aircraft like unmanned planes, so Air Force officials say the impact of the loss will be minimal. Kate Bolduan, CNN, Washington.

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Shoutout

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for the Shoutout! What's the nickname of the B-2 stealth bomber? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) Spirit, B) Raptor, C) Tomcat or D) Eagle? You've got three seconds -- GO! Boeing, one of the companies that builds the B-2, notes that this particular stealth bomber is called the Spirit. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!

U.S. Embassy Attacked

LLOYD: You've probably watched somebody get emotionally worked up, then lash out at someone else. That's just happened Thursday in Serbia's capital city, Belgrade. Serbs are angry because a new country called Kosovo has declared its independence from Serbia. The United States recognizes the new nation. So thousands of angry Serbs turned their anger on an American target Thursday, the U.S. embassy. Alessio Vinci shows us what happened when chaos ran wild in Belgrade's streets.

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ALESSIO VINCI, CNN REPORTER: The attack on the U.S. embassy was staged by foreign intelligence says one Belgrade tabloid. Another newspaper accused the Serbian government of negligence. The media here ranges from the sensational to the more sober allegations. But, two days after the attacks on the U.S. and other Western embassies, Serb officials are beginning to take some responsibility for failing to protect foreign missions. They are also pointing the finger at the United States.

SLOBODAN SAMARDZIC, SERB MINISTER FOR KOSOVO: The Americans appears the main responsibility for what is going on throughout the region today.

VINCI: Including violence?

SAMARDZIC: Including violence in Kosovo of course. The portion of responsibility regarding violence in Belgrade is on the side of Belgrade.

VINCI: The U.S. scolded Serbian officials earlier in the week for not doing more to prevent the attacks.

VUK JEREMIC, SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: The Serbian government did what it could. The Serbian government agencies and in particular the police acted very swiftly. I wish they could have been more efficient.

VINCI: Nearly 200 rioters have been detained and officials here say offenders will be brought to justice.

JEREMIC: These acts are highly deplorable, highly regrettable and I can assure foreign governments, and I can assure the world that this is not going to happen again in the future.

VINCI: Thousands of Serbs demonstrated under the watchful eye of U.N. troops in Mitrovica, a town in Kosovo that has been a flash point for violence in the past. Serb officials reject Western support for Kosovo's independence and say it is destabilizing the region.

JEREMIC: Today the relationship with the United States is not as good as it was before the unilateral act of the United States government to recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo. I think this is a highly regrettable step on behalf of the U.S. government.

VINCI: Relations between the U.S. and Serbia are probably at their lowest point since the fall of Slobodan Milosevic nearly a decade ago and Western diplomats say they are unlikely to improve until there is an agreement over Kosovo's independence. Alessio Vinci, CNN Belgrade.

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Cuba's New Leader

LLOYD: For the first time in your life, and probably even your teacher's lifetime, Cuba has a new president. Raul Castro was picked for the job yesterday by that country's national assembly. He had an inside connection. His big brother Fidel Castro had led Cuba ever since leading a revolution back in the late 1950's. He was the world's longest-ruling head of government. Fidel Castro got sick nearly two years ago and made his kid brother acting president. Fidel resigned as president last week, and Raul officially got the job Sunday.

America Votes 2008

LLOYD: Like in Cuba, we're picking a new president in this country, too. And a man who's tried for the job several times is running again. Ralph Nader is running again as an independent, but some Democrats are worried because they think Nader took just enough votes away from Al Gore for Republican George W. Bush to win the 2000 election.

Another presidential candidate is also hoping for an upset. Mike Huckabee is a Republican. But he's way behind the front-runner in his party's race, Senator John McCain. Despite being an underdog, Alex Marquardt says Huckabee is still giving it all he's got. Look at what it's like to tag along as a reporter covering the Huckabee campaign.

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ALEXANDER MARQUARDT, CNN REPORTER: Aside from being a presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee is a pretty decent bowler. Not good enough to beat the press, though, when he and wife Janet took on reporters at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin bowling alley. That Sunday night, reporters traveling with the campaign, or the 'embeds' as we're known, saw a side of the former Arkansas governor that few get to. In general though, Huckabee enjoys a friendly relationship with the traveling press.

MIKE HUCKABEE, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Hello Kevin, Mr. Bowler, you probably went out and bowled all day.

MARQUARDT: Covering Huckabee these days is an interesting task. John McCain leads an insurmountable delegate count, but Huckabee insists he'll stay the race until McCain gets the 1,191 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination.

MIKE HUCKABEE, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Last night, one of the talking heads sitting on one of the networks when asked "why is Huckabee still in this race?", here's what he had to say. He said, "I think he just likes to fly around on airplanes."

MARQUARDT: Huckabee often criticizes the press, especially the television networks for counting him out; though the networks are the only national media still following him; gone are the wire services and national newspapers. Nevertheless, Huckabee marches on, and with gusto. He regularly packs his days with three or four campaign stops. Some are big.

MIKE HUCKABEE, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We've got about four times the number of people we anticipated and we had to open 2 or 3 different rooms to get everybody in here.

MARQUARDT: Others are smaller.

MIKE HUCKABEE, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, you know anybody who will brave Houston traffic, to get here at 8 o'clock in the morning, you are remarkable people.

MARQUARDT: But wherever Huckabee goes, we follow. From plane, to bus, to rally. Huckabee just wrapped up a speech, a speech that those of us traveling with him have come to know well. We always know he's coming to the end because he tells the story of going to meet the Governor of Arkansas as a boy, a position he would later hold. And as soon as he's done shaking hands, it's right back on the bus and on to the next stop. From the frozen tundra of Wisconsin to the Alamo, the Huckabee campaign keeps us on the move so much we have to work when ever and where ever we can. The rhythm takes its toll. So in the air, away from the phones and Internet, you'll often find embeds trying to squeeze in a few winks and get some food that isn't very healthy. And when the day comes to an end.

MIKE HUCKABEE, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you folks!

MARQUARDT: We get right back on the plane and do it all over again the next day. Alex Marquardt, CNN, on the Huckabee campaign.

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Before We Go

LLOYD: If you were watching last month, you'll remember we told you about a whopper of a hamburger that weighed in at 222-pounds. Maybe they forgot to file the paperwork for the world title, because now another, smaller burger is claming the record. This delicious monster was served up in Detroit Saturday. It "only" weighed a mere 134-pounds, but it's claiming the world champion title. By the way, with 24-hour's advance notice and 350-bucks, one of these sliders can be yours.

Goodbye

LLOYD: Time for us to slide on out of here. Thanks for spending part of your Monday with us. I'm Monica Lloyd. Be sure to see what we cook up for you tomorrow on CNN Student News. Bon appetite! E-mail to a friend