TranscriptTHISISARUSHTRANSCRIPT.THISCOPYMAYNOTBEINITSFINALFORMANDMAYBEUPDATED.CARLAZUZ,CNNSTUDENTNEWSANCHOR:ThisThursday,April1st,AprilFoolsDay,CNNStudentNewsisnotbringingyoujokes--notuntiltheendatleast.Whatwearebringingyouistenminutesofcommercial-freeheadlines.I'mCarlAzuz.FirstUp:OffshoreDrillingAZUZ:Firstup,aplantodrillforoilandnaturalgasinspotsaroundtheU.S.coast.PresidentObamaannouncingtheideayesterday,sayingitwouldhelpthecountry'seconomyandenergyneeds.SuzanneMalveauxexplainswhatareasareandaren'tbeingconsideredfordrilling.SUZANNEMALVEAUX,CNNWHITEHOUSECORRESPONDENT:Here'swhatitlookslike.Herearesomeoftheareasthatthey'reproposingbeopenforoffshoredrilling.We'retalkingontheeastcoastfromDelawaretocentralFlorida,andthenalsothenortherncoastofAlaska.Now,what'soff-limitshere,theysaythey'renotgoingtoincludethis.ThiswouldbefromNewJerseynorthwardtoCanada,andthenalsotheentirePacificCoast,thatfromMexicotoCanada,includingAlaska'sBristolBay.Allofthoseareasoff-limitsbecause,theysay,obviously,there'scommercialfisheryaswellastourism,thattheenvironmentalconcernstrumpthis.Andso,thattheyaretryingtoformacompromise,ifyouwill,toopenupsomeoftheseareas.AZUZ:There'sbeensomemixedreactiontothepresident'splan.Somepeoplearguethatthedrillingwillhelpkeepgaspricesdownandcreatejobs.Otherssayitcouldcauseproblemsfortheenvironment.Andpoliticalreactionissplit,too,andnotjustonpartylines.ThereareDemocratsandRepublicanswhoarefortheplan;thereareothersfrombothpartieswhoareagainstit.NortheastFloodingAZUZ:Well,therainshavemovedon,butthenortheasternU.S.isstillwaitingforwaterlevelstogodownasitfightsthroughfloodedroadsandbasements.RhodeIslandseemstohavegottentheworstofthis.Lotsofroadscloseddownduetothewater.It'sforcingpeopletotakealternateroutes,andofcourse,that'scausingalotoftrafficdelays.PresidentObamahasdeclaredastateofemergencyfortheentirestatetohelpgetmoneytothepeoplewhoneedit.RhodeIsland'sgovernortalkedabouttheimpactofthefloods.DONALDCARCIERI,GOVERNOROFRHODEI