1 00:00:01,469 --> 00:00:06,890 Hi. 2 00:00:06,890 --> 00:00:14,290 I’m Carl Azuz for CNN STUDENT NEWS. 3 00:00:14,290 --> 00:00:17,630 We’re starting on a report on an attack at Ohio State University. 4 00:00:17,630 --> 00:00:23,260 A U.S. government official says an 18-year-old man of Somali descent targeted a group of 5 00:00:23,260 --> 00:00:25,720 people on campus yesterday morning. 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:30,710 He first ran the car into some pedestrians and then used a knife to attack those nearby. 7 00:00:30,710 --> 00:00:36,590 At least nine people were hospitalized, including one who was in critical condition last night. 8 00:00:36,590 --> 00:00:40,770 University police say they had an officer at the scene in less than a minute and than 9 00:00:40,770 --> 00:00:42,720 he shot and killed the attacker. 10 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,910 U.S. officials say the suspect was a student at the school and a legal permanent resident. 11 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:53,060 They don’t know yet what his motive was, but the Columbus, Ohio, police chief says 12 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:56,310 they have to consider terrorism as a possibility. 13 00:00:56,310 --> 00:01:00,880 At the time of the attack, students had just returned to class from the Thanksgiving break. 14 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:06,200 Yesterday, when we told you about potential vote recount in several U.S. states, we mentioned 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:10,520 that a presidential election winner in Michigan hadn’t been projected yet. 16 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,300 The state was still too close to call. 17 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:17,360 But that changed yesterday afternoon when Michigan officials said President-elect Donald 18 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,900 Trump won the state’s 16 electoral votes. 19 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:24,310 That brings Mr. Trump’s electoral vote total to 306. 20 00:01:24,310 --> 00:01:29,360 His challenger, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton had 232. 21 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,740 The president-elect is moving forward on shaping his cabinet. 22 00:01:32,740 --> 00:01:38,050 He intends to nominate Jeff Sessions, a U.S. senator from Alabama, for attorney general, 23 00:01:38,050 --> 00:01:40,450 the position that heads up the U.S. Justice Department. 24 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:45,729 Mike Pompeo, a U.S. representative from Kansas, is Mr. Trump’s choice for director of the 25 00:01:45,729 --> 00:01:48,060 Central Intelligence Agency. 26 00:01:48,060 --> 00:01:52,330 Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina has been named as America’s ambassador to the 27 00:01:52,330 --> 00:01:58,540 United Nations, and businesswoman, philanthropist and school choice activist Betsy DeVos would 28 00:01:58,540 --> 00:02:01,360 become the next U.S. education secretary. 29 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,960 These are all cabinet or cabinet level positions. 30 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:09,250 So, while President- elect Trump wants these people for the jobs, the Constitution requires 31 00:02:09,250 --> 00:02:13,440 to get advice and consent from the U.S. Senate to confirm them. 32 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:18,420 The cabinet advises the president on government policy and then carries that out at home and 33 00:02:18,420 --> 00:02:19,420 abroad. 34 00:02:19,420 --> 00:02:23,510 One region that’s been a continually challenge for U.S. leaders is the Middle East. 35 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:28,980 Civil wars, proxy wars, and the war on ISIS. 36 00:02:28,980 --> 00:02:32,350 The Middle East is a messy place. 37 00:02:32,350 --> 00:02:36,989 So, what are the biggest challenges for Donald Trump in the region. 38 00:02:36,989 --> 00:02:37,989 First up, Syria. 39 00:02:37,989 --> 00:02:44,150 The U.S. is supporting some rebel groups, fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad, 40 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:50,849 and any change to that will be hotly contested by Arab and European allies who also want 41 00:02:50,849 --> 00:02:51,849 him out. 42 00:02:51,849 --> 00:02:57,430 U.S. airstrikes are already targeting ISIS in Syria, in Iraq, and in Libya. 43 00:02:57,430 --> 00:03:01,580 Trump sees a bombing blitz is the key to destroying ISIS. 44 00:03:01,580 --> 00:03:05,750 But many doubt that can happen without boots on the ground. 45 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:11,920 Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran are locked in proxy wars in Yemen and in Syria. 46 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:17,989 And while Trump opposes the Iran nuclear deal, his pledge to rip it out would destabilize 47 00:03:17,989 --> 00:03:19,590 the situation further. 48 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:27,569 Link to this plunging oil prices and economic woes and wealthy Gulf States, adding to uncertainty. 49 00:03:27,569 --> 00:03:31,940 And all this in a region, still dealing with the after-effects of revolutions that ousted 50 00:03:31,940 --> 00:03:35,760 long time leaders six years ago. 51 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:41,140 Libya and Yemen paralyzed by violent power struggles and the growth of ISIS. 52 00:03:41,140 --> 00:03:46,470 While Egypt’s President Sisi, the first Arab leader to call Trump after his victory, 53 00:03:46,470 --> 00:03:50,802 stands accused of imprisoning more people than President Hosni Mubarak ever did. 54 00:03:50,802 --> 00:03:56,930 And we haven’t even mentioned Israel and the Palestinian authority yet, and essentially 55 00:03:56,930 --> 00:04:01,170 frozen conflict that threatens to heat up at any time. 56 00:04:01,170 --> 00:04:10,989 One region, many challenges, and now, it’s all ahead for President Trump. 57 00:04:10,989 --> 00:04:11,989 Ten a.m. 58 00:04:11,989 --> 00:04:14,030 New York, 7:00 a.m. 59 00:04:14,030 --> 00:04:18,660 Los Angeles, cities normally buzzing with a morning rush suddenly 60 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:20,200 stall. 61 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,260 TVs start to go dark. 62 00:04:23,260 --> 00:04:25,560 Internet connections run slow. 63 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,140 ATMs begin to malfunction. 64 00:04:28,140 --> 00:04:35,370 There’s confusion, no panic, not yet, as stealth cyber attacks are racing through the 65 00:04:35,370 --> 00:04:40,500 U.S. at the speed of light. 66 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:47,270 By noon in New York and 9:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, financial markets dependent on exact timing 67 00:04:47,270 --> 00:04:50,740 provided by GPS are frozen. 68 00:04:50,740 --> 00:04:55,060 Mobile phone services already patchy, failed. 69 00:04:55,060 --> 00:05:00,620 Confusion gives way to growing fears this is much more than a simple cyber glitch. 70 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:07,500 Many traffic lights and railroad signals also timed by GPS default to red, bringing transport 71 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:09,620 to a standstill. 72 00:05:09,620 --> 00:05:15,720 Commercial air traffic is grounded as pilots lose navigation and weather data. 73 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:21,320 Power stations and water treatment plants begin to stop functioning. 74 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,620 Military pilots and drones lose contact with the ground. 75 00:05:25,620 --> 00:05:30,090 GPS guided smart bombs are rendered dumb. 76 00:05:30,090 --> 00:05:32,710 Warships lost contact with commanders. 77 00:05:32,710 --> 00:05:40,930 This is the nightmare scenario, chaos on earth as our adversaries disable and destroy our 78 00:05:40,930 --> 00:05:48,490 satellites in space – The first shots in the first space war. 79 00:05:48,490 --> 00:05:51,050 OK, that was hypothetical. 80 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:52,810 There’s no need to panic. 81 00:05:52,810 --> 00:05:56,970 But it gives you a sense of how dependent people are on space. 82 00:05:56,970 --> 00:06:01,450 The satellites that we use in so many different ways throughout the day, and American defense 83 00:06:01,450 --> 00:06:06,979 officials say that countries like Russia and China have deployed space weapons, satellites 84 00:06:06,979 --> 00:06:12,280 that wouldn’t target people but would go after the information systems they rely. 85 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:17,210 These weapons could crash in to the U.S. satellites or they could use grappling arms to pull them 86 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:18,300 out of orbit. 87 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:20,389 This could happen 100 miles up. 88 00:06:20,389 --> 00:06:23,450 It could happen 22,000 miles away from earth. 89 00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:29,160 So, to guard against it, U.S. Air Force created space command back in 1982. 90 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:36,080 Today, on a $25 billion yearly budget, it’s 38,000 members work around the world to protect 91 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,190 the U.S. against what could happen far above it. 92 00:06:40,190 --> 00:06:43,960 I didn’t realize that there was a unit in the military that was doing this. 93 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,661 I initially thought it was all private, but when I realize how important the mission was, 94 00:06:47,661 --> 00:06:56,910 I was very thankfully that someone was actually doing this mission set. 95 00:06:56,910 --> 00:07:02,361 The defensive duty operation officer position is really charged with the "protect and defend" 96 00:07:02,361 --> 00:07:05,410 mission here on JSPOC operations floor. 97 00:07:05,410 --> 00:07:09,680 So, what that really means is that we’re charged with keeping track and custody of 98 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:16,139 all HVAs, high valued assets, and ensuring that there’s no potential co-orbital threats 99 00:07:16,139 --> 00:07:19,220 that put those high valued assets in danger. 100 00:07:19,220 --> 00:07:23,770 Additionally, we track them on through all space launches that occur to make sure that 101 00:07:23,770 --> 00:07:33,910 anything getting put up in space is actually what they say is being put up into space. 102 00:07:33,910 --> 00:07:36,340 Before I got into space, I actually didn’t understand. 103 00:07:36,340 --> 00:07:42,530 So, I doubt the general public knows exactly how much their lives depend every day on the 104 00:07:42,530 --> 00:07:44,020 stuff that goes on in space. 105 00:07:44,020 --> 00:07:49,620 So, whether that’s just the GPS in your car, or simply making telephone calls. 106 00:07:49,620 --> 00:07:54,610 Any time we have break up in space, those are generally the more stressful days. 107 00:07:54,610 --> 00:08:00,550 So, if there is a collusion in space, we want to quickly gain custody of all the pieces 108 00:08:00,550 --> 00:08:04,790 of debris that could have been created through that event, and we want to make sure that 109 00:08:04,790 --> 00:08:08,639 we start tracking those so that there’s not another potential collusion that happens 110 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:09,639 in space. 111 00:08:09,639 --> 00:08:11,080 So, the team, they work tirelessly. 112 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,960 We have several response team that come in. 113 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,810 The most critical, important thing that we do here at the JSPOC is make sure that the 114 00:08:19,810 --> 00:08:22,110 war fighter never feels like they’re alone. 115 00:08:22,110 --> 00:08:27,100 We’re here to trouble shot and resolve any issues that could occur, that could potentially 116 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:29,389 keep that ability from the war fighters. 117 00:08:29,389 --> 00:08:33,509 So, we want to make sure that they always feel like they have somebody back at home 118 00:08:33,509 --> 00:08:38,439 who is watching out for their best interest, make sure they have every tool at their disposal 119 00:08:38,439 --> 00:08:46,929 to succeed in their mission and come home to us safely. 120 00:08:46,929 --> 00:08:52,850 Here’s what happens with 12 engineers and four technicians get inspired by the Transformers. 121 00:08:52,850 --> 00:08:59,369 In 30 seconds, what starts out as a BMW change, change, changes to upright robot, able to 122 00:08:59,369 --> 00:09:01,869 move its arms, fingers and head. 123 00:09:01,869 --> 00:09:03,129 It does not walk. 124 00:09:03,129 --> 00:09:04,129 You cannot drive it. 125 00:09:04,129 --> 00:09:10,399 It can only go 12 miles per hour by remote control and bids to take it home start at 126 00:09:10,399 --> 00:09:11,610 $600,000. 127 00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:16,040 But the group that built it hopes it will be the first in a series of Transformers like 128 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,040 it. 129 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,449 Maybe one day, all cars will change to robots Autobotically, though even if you got Grimlock 130 00:09:21,449 --> 00:09:26,529 in to an Optimus Prime interest rate, the robot in disguise costs more than meets the 131 00:09:26,529 --> 00:09:27,529 eye. 132 00:09:27,529 --> 00:09:31,800 Even a Decepticon artist would have to raise a Megatron of money to take home the Omega 133 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,069 Supreme toy. 134 00:09:33,069 --> 00:09:35,430 I’m Carl Azuz for CNN STUDENT NEWS.