temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but
$4 million in compensatory damages already award at the civil trial just yesterday for those deeply harmful lies that the shooting was a hoax among many other completely false and outrageous claims. now, under texas law there are limits on punitive damages of $750,000 per plaintiff. so it seems he won t be forced to fork over quite that much yet. he s still facing two more defamation trials, and one of them is in connecticut. but it appears the jury did listen to this plea from the attorney for the sandy hook family. we ask that you send a very, very simple message. and that is stop alex jones. stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. estimated to the jury that jones may have a net worth as much $270 million but has been trying to hid his wealth with personal loans and shell companies. now, jones said at trial he faced financial ruin if there was an award of more than $2 million. more lies on top of lies, perhaps? the mother of 6-year-old jesse lewis who was kill
conspiracy theorist alex jones has been ordered to pay even more to the parents of a 6-year-old little boy who was killed in the 2012 massacre at sandy hook elementary school. $45.2 million more in punitive damages on top of the more than $4 million in compensatory damages already award at the civil trial just yesterday for those deeply harmful lies that the shooting was a hoax among many other completely false and outrageous claims. now, under texas law there are limits on punitive damages of $750,000 per plaintiff. so it seems he won t be forced to fork over quite that much yet. he s still facing two more defamation trials, and one of them is in connecticut. but it appears the jury did listen to this plea from the attorney for the sandy hook family. we ask that you send a very, very simple message. and that is stop alex jones. stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. estimated to the jury that jones may have a net worth as much $270 million but has been trying
What you would see from just the turbulence. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Truly a nightmare at 37,000 feet on a flight from london. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. This was the scene on board a Singapore Airlines plane. Debris strewn everywhere, dents in the overhead compartments after unbuckled people slammed into them during severe turbulence on the way to singapore. One person is dead, dozens are injured, tonight seven are in critical condition. The chaos lasted less than 2 minutes, forcing the pilots to make an Emergency Landing in bangkok. Cbss Kris Van Cleave has more on what happened from passengers who experienced it. Reporter passengers describe a sudden drop during a meal service that left passengers bloodied, overhead bins and oxygen masks dangling, dented ceilings, and debris everywhere. During the few seconds of the plane dropping, there was awful screaming. Reporter it happened about ten hours into Singapore Airlines flight 321
Exactly happened. The damage we see in this airplane is not typical of what you would see from just turbulence. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Truly a nightmare at 37,000 feet on a flight from london. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. This was the scene on board a Singapore Airlines plane. Debris strewn everywhere, dents in the overhead compartments after unbuckled people slammed into them during severest turbulence on the way to singapore appeared one person is dead, dozens are injured, and seven are in critical condition. The chaos lasted less than 2 minutes, forcing pilots to make an Emergency Landing in bangkok. Cbss Kris Van Cleave has more on what happened from passengers who experienced it. Reporter passengers describe a sudden drop during a meal service that left passengers bloody, overhead bins and oxygen masks dangling, dented ceilings, and debris everywhere. During the few seconds of the plane dropping, there was awful screaming. Repor