your toes, those teeming tears that come from this amazing and near extinct thing called joy. it s time to show you the best of humanity. so buckle up. we ve got a lot of happiness to show you for the next two hours, and after that, probably a documentary about the opioid crisis or global warming. which one are we doing? opioids or global warming? opioids, yes! i won 50 bucks. but for now, this is cnn heroes. from the american museum of natural history in new york city, this is the 15th annual cnn heroes all-star tribute. 15 years of celebrating everyday people determined to make a difference in this world. please welcome your host s for the evening, anderson cooper and kelly ripa. thanks so much. welcome to the 15th annual cnn heroes all-star tribute. we are coming to you live from the milstein hall of ocean life. welcome to our viewers watching around the world. happy 15th anniversary, cnn heroes. [ applause ] our show is a full-blown teenager. since 2007, we
[cheers and applause] i want to thank my team once again. i want to thank perry meeks design because it s sparkling baby it s sparkling. i want to thank my twin sister sheila for her support and my five amazing living children danielle, rashon, delveon, mikasia and micah. you saved my life. and to my angel baby boy i would rather have him back than anything in the world. but i am a mother without a son and there are a lot of people in the street that are without a mother and i feel like it s a fair exchange. i m here for them. thank you. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] wow. what a night. you can support all our honorees right now by going to cnn heroes.com to donate. each donation will be matched dollar for dollar and if you know someone as amazing as tonight s honoree you can nominate them to be a cnn hero in 2022. we hope that some of these stories have inspired you to get involved and to do your part because you, too, can be somebody s hero. thank you so much
much-needed resources to the devastated communities. storms unleashed more than 30 tornados late friday into early saturday, destroying buildings and claiming lives across six states, and one twister, just one, may be responsible for damage along a 250-mile stretch from arkansas to kentucky. officials now fear as many as 80 people may have lost their lives. here in edwardsville, authorities say a recovery effort could take three tase days, as we look at what s left of this amazon warehouse behind me. at least six people died after a tornado just carved through the building. 11-inch concrete walls falling in. the roof collapsing. roughly 45 people made it out, but getting an exact number of how many were in the warehouse at the time has proved difficult. these were shift workers, a lot of people coming and going. rescue and search and cries operations i should say have shifted into search and recovery operations. officials not expecting to find anyone else alive underneath
federal vaccine mandates under fire in the courts and in congress. even if you re fully vaccinated, can you still get covid, so what s the point of the mandates? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju, in for abby phillip. tornadoes destroyed buildings, claiming lives across six states. one twister could be responsible for damage around a 250-mile stej from arkansas to kentucky. officials fear 80 people may have lost their lives. windows breaking, dogs flying through the air. i didn t know what to do. it s devastating to see stuff i grew up with, it s just gone. helped a little lady out from rubble. this is my first thoughts, with everybody else. it doesn t happen in your town until it happens in your town. i m looking for my wife. president biden has spoken with the governors of the states affected by the tornadoes and directed federal resources to the locations where there
president biden just leaving white house, and did he say anything about the new tax charges against his son hunter? prosecutors are saying that he had the money to pay the taxes, but chose instead to spend lavish amounts on escorts, pornography and cars. happening now, we are hearing the wrenching statements from the parents of children killed in a mass shooting. a sentencing hearing is under way. an important legal precedent could be set here. and the backlash over how the president of the university of pennsylvania answered a question about genocide, and now a major donor is threatening to withdraw millions of dollars as calls for her to resign intensify. i m fredricka whitfield with john berman. kate and sara are off today, and this is cnn news central. all right. president biden just left the white house a short time ago facing shouted questions about his son, hunter biden. we will get the video in, in just moment, and hunter is accused of a four-year tax evasion