when i look to the future, i see america strong once more. every child gets a world-class education, every parent gets to pick their child s school. [cheering] and no politician will be able to close those schools ever again. [cheering] in the america i see, police know we have their backs. and criminals know we have their number. and our states will be safe again. in the america i see we stop the surge of drugs and illegal immigration. [cheering] that means having a real border and man tory e-verify like we got done in south carolina. [cheering] businesses must hire americans, not illegals. in the america i see, everyone has full confidence in our elections. [cheering] voter id will be the law of the land, just like we did in south carolina. [cheering] the america i see is freer and better for all because washington will finally serve the people instead of the political class. [cheering] we ll end corporate welfare and bailouts for business and end earmarks t
since then i have the chemical burns and reaction rash on my face. i could smell the chemicals and like, it s obvious something is not right. before two days ago you could not stand here without getting a headache. it s travelling to inside the ground, it s a very rural area where this happened, these people have farms and livestock and it s going into the waterways. sandra: begin america reports with that train derailment up ending people s lives in a small ohio town where there are lingering safety questions at this hour. almost two weeks after the disaster. hello, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. hi. john: happy wednesday to you, john roberts in washington. people in east palestine, ohio hoping to get some answers during a town hall meeting, after a train went off the tracks 12 days ago carrying hazardous chemicals. a toxic fire spent plumes of toxic smoke for days. sandra: some residents are worried about water and air quality. people getting sick, f
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
70 years as monarch. johnny depp has won his libel case against his former wife, amber heard, after she claimed in an article that she d endured domestic violence during their 15 month marriage. the jury found that ms heard s statements about her marriage were false and that she d acted with actual malice . our correspondent, david sillito, has been at the hollywood trial of the century since it began in april and looks back at a case that provided powerful testimony about the actors relationship. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer. yes. cheering. outside, there were cheers from the waiting fans, the end of a trial that had been provoked by an article in the washington post in which amber heard had written of being a victim of domesti
transformation that has taken place in our society just transformation that has taken place in our societyjust in the last decade. and i ve said before, i think we ve made some useful contributions to it, but the primary heroes in this stage of our growth asa heroes in this stage of our growth as a democracy and a society are all the individual activists and sons and daughters, couples, who courageously said, this is who i am, and i m proud of it. and that opened peoples minds and opened their hearts. and eventually was caught up. buti hearts. and eventually was caught up. but i don t think any of that would have happened without the activism. in some cases, loud and noisy, but in some cases just quiet. and very personal. and i think that what we did as an administration was to help the society to move in a better direction, but to do so in a way that didn t create an enormous backlash, and was systematic and respectful of the fact that, you know, in some cases these issues w