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maryland. >> introducing sexual behavior and preference at an early age raises legitimate concern for us parents. >> where is the respect or does inclusion and respect only apply to a specific group. >> for us its an issue of faith, not hate. our faith is not partisan and our people are not backwards. >> sandra: parents slamming a proposal to keep them from opting their children out of classes and lessons that address sexuality and gender. >> bret: hundreds are demanding a choice wheth...

more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolinas camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinsons disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well....

lets get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressmans field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try t...

stress when in fact its causing mental illness, anxiety, depression, suicidal thinking. >> john: welcome back as "america reports" rolls into hour number two. im john roberts in washington. thats pretty stunning, sandra. >> sandra: really serious stuff. sandra smith in new, i dont. all new at 2:00, we speak to a mother who lost her son to suicide. she blames years of heavy cannabis use that made her sons delusions worse. her story and her warning just ahead. as we top a brand-new hour,...

all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. im kim bruun huber ahead on cnn newsroom, were getting a better look at the case against the air national guardsman who is accused of leaking classified pentagon documents and the charges hes facing republican hopefuls for president climb over each other to show who has the most support for gun rights at the annual nra convention. and an explosion leads to the japanese prime minister being evacuated from the...

ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, im bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. >> this is "americas newsroom." fema shooting down the governors request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. >> bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the...

>> assisted with the screening of more than 480 homes under the voluntary screening program offered to residents. and no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified. >> we understand the residents are concerned as they should be and they have questions, thats all understandable. and you know, we are going to get to the bottom of this. try and figure out an answer to what occurred. >> sandra: and answers people are not getting at this hour, which makes for a very i...

Trillion since before the pandemic. so that shows you that people didnt spend on their credit cards, didnt take on a bunch of new debt in the covid pandemic emergency and now they are. and here are the categories, poppy. mortgage debt is the biggest part of our debt. student debt, this has been a pause on student loans. so watch this space when kids have to start -- adults have to start paying their student loan debt. auto loans, the weak spot i saw in here, auto loans people under 40 are rising...

Dont -- and now you are going to pay interest on the interest. so thats sort of the big picture problem when you talk about the trillion dollar numbers. >> put it this way. if you have 5k in credit card debt, to pay that off at todays rates, spend 7,000 on interest. so when you think about that debt, the worst kind of debt you can have. rates are so high and the longer you take to pay it off the more you pay in total. >> sandra: and back to january 2021, when credit card debt was at $746 billion...

Congress, and obviously the low approval rating you referred to suggests that a lot arent, but those of us who are listening who are connecting to our home states are hearing just how difficult this is for classroom teachers, for parents whose kids are sick and who are hoping for new drug treatments from the nih, or for those who defend our country who are either reserve or guardsmen. there is real pain across our country as a result of this sequester and as a result of this government shutdown....