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we fought through the wilderness and threw open the doors of richmond slave jails, all to save the constitution and renew its promise of equality and freedom. we stormed the sands and scaled the cliffs of normandy. we drove tanks through the gates, we planted the stars and stripes on iwo jima and saved civilization. we marched on washington and won the right of suffrage for women. we marched over the edmund petttus build. we about built rockets to the moon. we built the largest economy, the greatest military in history, and we buried the soviet union beneath it. the american people are always there for one another. when neighbors are hurting, strangers load up their minivans and head that way. whether it was when the towers fell and people rushed across the country to search through the rubble or whether it was when the winds blew here in iowa and the floodwaters rose. so i ask you to remember who we are. if you are attempted to despair. we re americans. and there s not ....
His eyes. jim bittermann is in rome with the story. how long was the pope in seriously, and do we know how surgery, and do we know how the procedure went? reporter: well, it sounds like it went pretty well. he was under the surgeon s knife for about three hours, and afterwards the surgeon, dr. sergio alfiar i, briefed the press about it. here s what he said. the surgery operation and the general anesthesia were well tolerated by the pope. now he s awake. he s fine. and he s already at work. reporter: already at work. well, maybe a little suspect, but in any case he did come through it okay. what happens next, however, is going to be the most critical thing for the pope because he basically has to have a long, drawn-out recovery period. he won t be able to eat any solid foods for a while until the surgery heals. ....
where the spirit of the lord is there s liberty, and i believe with all my heart that god is not done with america yet. and if we turn our hearts back to the author and finisher of our faith and freedom, freedom s story, the american story has only just begun. and the best days of the greatest nation on earth are yet to come. so let s get to work. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, and god bless you, and god bless america. all right. that was former vice president mike pence officially kicking off his presidential campaign there in iowa. i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst gloria borger and chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny with us, as well. he said a lot, and he said a lot ....
Quality and pollution. and obviously toronto, canada, also in the northeast, downwind from where these fires are. maria santana, thank you so much for that report. please stand by. we re going to keep tracking this story. stay with cnn news central. major breaking news as smoke plumes cover the northeastern united states. ahhh! icy hot pro starts working instantly. with two max-strength pain relievers, so you can rise from pn like a pro. icy hot pro. ....
Story, a laguardia story, a philly story, but as the smoke plume moves, you can expect other airports will be affected. you have to wonder why jfk is not affected. i presume that s a bill karins question. largely it has to do with the wind. i mean, first of all, let s point out we re at the start of a very, very heavy summer travel season, but bill karins, let me show you, there s an amazing picture, this is the earth cam over manhattan. this is insanity. kwon that i ve ever seen anything like this. tell us a little bit more about what we re seeing and can you answer my question, tom s question about sort of the way the winds may be affecting what gets grounded, what doesn t, who s got horrible air quality and whose is only bad? chris, let me give you the breaking news first. new york city is now in the hazardous air quality. that s extremely rare. almost never happened in new york city s history. ....