Church. Ahead on cnn newsroom, a high of voters go to the polls and a crucial new litmus test on Abortion Rights in america more than a year after roe v. Wade was overturned. Bring on the bleeps, a cussing donald trump aroused against the indictments levied against him and charges and Arrest Warrants Alabama after a massive Riverfront Brawl and the questions police have after reviewing the tape. Live from cnn center, this is cnns room with rosemary church. Good to have you with us. We begin with a crucial victory for Abortion Rights activists in ohio. Voters on tuesday rejected a republican backed measure that would have made it harder to amend the States Constitution. This comes ahead of a November Ballot in which voters will decide whether to enshrine Abortion Rights in the States Constitution. Nearly 90 of the votes counted, 56 of the people have voted no, while 44 said yes. Tuesday was the first of a twostep process to determine whether the november referendum will be able to pass
cost of pens and papers and notebooks and all of that that went up. back to school sticker shock as inflation sent the price of school supplies soaring. the impact it is having not only on parents, but also on business owners and teachers. how some people in california are making money by having their front yards ripped out. it is sunday, august 21st, welcome to a new week. we re so grateful you re waking up with us. good morning, amara. good morning, boris. happy sunday. and we begin this morning with the extreme weather threat across the southwest and southern plains. more than 12 million people under flood watches. yeah yesterday s search and rescue crews were out looking for a missing person in utah s zion national park. rangers say hikers were being swept off their feet by flash flooding on the virgin river. rescue teams were out in the mojave county area of arizona after rushing water washed out roads and trapped vehicles across that region. cnn meteorologist
natalie pirks reporting. - time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. very dryjuly across much of england and way or is, it might be record breaking and further south in jersey, it has the driestjuly on record, the average, 45 millimetres of rain. so very dry. we will welcome rain across the uk in the next 2a, 48 hours, welcome rain across the uk in the next 24, 48 hours, courtesy of this area of low pressure, but not really where we need it. very much needed in the south. already, that rain marching into northern ireland, progressed into the western fringes of england and wales by the end of play. for many, it is still dry with plenty of sunshine. clearing the overnight cloud, the odd light shower in eastern areas and it is warm. it was a warm night and the south. chile in the north, that is about to change. but 26 locally, 27 in the south. but as that rain marches its way on a strengthening breeze eastwards overnight, heavy and appreciable rain for many as far s
its abortion services. and how do countries adapt to climate change? we ll be looking at new zealand s plan to deal with the impact of global warming. welcome to bbc news. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi, who vowed her country would never abandon the island, china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes. despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing wen didn t look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan s highest civilian honour. she in turn praised taiwan s democracy and promised america would stand by the island. our sol