the william oliphant plant. we're getting reports of multiple injuries. authorities are trying to get the fire under control. we'll bring you more details on the story as we get them. but as you can imagine, this is just unfolding now and we are just starting to see some of the pictures. and as the first responders get on scene, i think we'll have a clearer picture of just what that fire balm was able to inflict in terms of damage. but there is some video heading towards the chemical plant in louisiana. we'll watch this for you. there you see where it is in relation to new orleans on our google map. keeping a close eye on it here at cnn. and we will bring you more as we get it. and there you have it, as well, supreme court sdwiing. we're getting this to you, as well, as breaking news. if it's june, this is the kind of news you get.

this one has to do with whether a company can own a bit of you, your genes. this is among the first decisions that we're hearing from the court's recent term. i want to bring in joe johns. this is the fascinating case of whether a company, in this particular case a company called myriad, can actually patent a tiny itsy-tsy piece of a person in a gene. they tried to patent two genes that had to deal with breast cancer mutation form. what did the supreme court say and why did they say it the way they did? >> reporter: well, first it was a unanimous decision and it's important to note that the court sort of made this decision, two decisions. so let's start at the top. myriad genetics, this company, did one thing really well. they isolated the genes that increase the likelihood of

breast cancer. brca 1 and 2. essentially found the location and sequence, the precise sequence of these genes. and the way they were able to so the of monetize that was to charge a lot of money for the test to determine whether you have this gene. the question was whether that gene could actually be patented under the law. the court said if the gene is actually occurring only in nature, then you can not patent that gene. but if the gene is, say, isolated, changed a little bit so you can work with it, turned into something they call complementary dna, then you can actually patent that. and that's essentially where the court stands. the question of course also about whether these processes could be patented. and i think it's important to read something the court said. had myriad created an innovative method of manipulating genes

while searching for brca 1 and 2, it could possibly have sought a method patent, but the processes used were well understood by geneticists at the time of myriad's patents, well understood, widely used, fairly uniform insofar as any scientist engaged in the search for a gene would likely have utilized a similar approach. so the question of course is what myriad's got here right now. and we're looking to them for answers. i did see an e-mail that their stock was up. >> hold that thought. i want to bring in jeffrey toobin, our senior analyst. people were perplexed by this in so many ways if they heard it in sort of common parlance. how on earth could you pat tent a piece of me however molecularly small? on the other hand, when they hear the argument that this company invested years and money

finding a beige needle in 50 haystacks and that achieving that takes that kind of work and if you can't be protected, you will never get this kind of research and this kind of benefit to people like us who need it. >> you isolated the dilemma in this case. they decided that a piece of dna was essentially like an elbow. you can't tell other companies i own elbows. i know -- if you want to do research on elbow, you have to pay me first. so that's what they said about this dna. even though it did cost a lot of money and even though there was a lot of effort and money and time expended in isolating this piece of our genetic sequences, they said that is not something one company can own. >> which is not surprising. >> not surprising. it's the position that the obama administration urged upon the court p. we all know how polarized this court is. all nine justices agreed this

was the right result. the opinion was written by justice clarence thomas. very interesting, clear discussion of these issues. but they basically said, hey, this is part of nature, you can't patent it. >> we sure don't get a nice unanimous decision like that, a friendly nine, very often. i want to bring in sanjay gupta. i was listening to a report of yours earlier and i think you really hit the nail on the head when you described in doctor speak what this really means. if you take the actual brca genes, which were those beige needles found in the haystack, and you replicate them in order to do the research, what is that replication, is it that the synthetic gene that they can pat tent now or just the process by which they got? >> it's the first. the replica, the complementary

dn after td dna. but think of it as a template. the gene itself cannot be patented. the procedures they used cannot be patented. but when you have a gene, you need to create a replica of it with the junk taken out so to speak. and if that template that they say can be patented. now, let me just get to the next point because it's the important point. other companies can also create their own template of this, as well. they can figure out a way to copy these sort of dna strand that make up the gene and get rid of the junk and create their own template and then it wouldn't be the same that myriad has and that's why you'll probably see increased competition and other testing options become available because other companies will do this. >> and that brings me to my next

point. paul callan, if i'm sitting in omaha or in washington state, i want to know how this affects me. and if i am at a risk for breast cancer, can i all of a sudden now with this ruling have better access to critical health care? >> not necessarily. the supreme court basically has given the pharmaceutical industry, the biotech industry, you know, a way to make a lot of money in this area. if they have isolated a gene and they have in essence created sort of an artificial form of the gene, they can still charge for the testing that ultimately they will sell to the public. now, let's bring it right down to the level of somebody in their doctor's office. some of these tests cost like $1,000 to do because doctors have to buy the material from these biotech companies. so i don't necessarily think that you're going to see any sort of immediate help to

patients out there. but on the other hand, the company says, hey, this may give us the opportunity to develop more tests, we're going to put hundreds of millions of dollars into curing cancer and doing other things and the long term benefits to society will be great. so this is a big important decision in an area that affects everybody. >> and stay nimble because we have big important decisions coming down in the next couple of weeks, as well. paul callan, thank you very much for your insight. jeffrey toobin, as always. and also joe johns live at the supreme court. thank you to all three of you. coming up this hour, breathing new life in to the lungs of a 10-year-old girl. sarah murnaghan on the mend this morning after a life saving transplant is deemed a success. the little girl and her big story. the hottest ticket in florida? a seat on the george zimmerman jury. the jurors are peppered with questions and just how much they have learned from television. but will the hot seat produce a

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explosion at a chemical plant in geismar, louisiana. you can see its rproximity to nw orleans. our affiliate in baton rouge says this is the williams oliphants plant. we're getting reports of multiple injuries. they are evacuating the area around the plant. one of the witnesses on a local station says they took all precautions to evacuate all the personnel, but a major explosion that we're working this geismar, louisiana. we'll upgate you when we have more. washington, you better

hunker down because you're in for rough weather. possibly even tornadoes. it was that same storm that ripped across the midwest yesterday. take a look at the funnel. you cannot get enough of these pictures. great to see where there is mud as opposed to this kind of thing when it hits power lines and structures but a lot of damage. local officials are fearing a nearby levee could fail because the rains were just so darn heavy. we'll take you to chicago, willis structure was on the receiving end of a massive lightning bolt. unbelievable. look at that.

chad mars is yers is in the cnn. thank god they're not in heavily populated areas, but that is a small consolation if it was your farm or home that got trashed. >> thank goodness these were only ef-1, ef-2, so completely survivable if you're on the inside of your home, not in your car, in a small closet on the lowest level but this is what we're setting up for today. weather rolling just offshore now atlantic city all the way up toward even long island, we had just a line of showers and thunderstorms moving offshore. but there is more weather back behind it that we're worried about. because it's not so much that the storms will be pushing away, it's the storms that are still coming that we have to worry about. the sunshine, heat, humidity, still hot in d.c., a line of weather just went through you.

it has a ways to go before it hits the mid-atlantic states and up into baltimore, gulf moisture in the way is the problem. walk outside anywhere in the east coast, you xwhyou go what happened. that's the fuel to the fire that we'll use today to get these big storms here right around the major metropolitan areas baltimore, d.c., richmond. >> i just spent the day in baltimore yesterday and i could barely breathe, it was so humid and so heavy and thick. i always worry about the traffic, too. you think about the people not only the hassle factor, but the danger factor. you're in your car and you're stuck like you were in the oklahoma tornado, really changerrous. >> and you don't know where you are because you didn't see what county you just drove through. even if you're from 50 miles away, you don't know what county you're in. >> all right. chad, keep an eye. thank you. want to take everybody to washington. we have cameras everywhere. right now the director of the

fbi, robert mueller, is testifying. this issen a fbi oversight hearing on the table this morning a lot of issues. obviously if you've been watching the news, a lot. lack of information sharing is officially on the agenda wasteful spending and of course that big question over surveillance by the national security agency that has been rocking this country. have a listen. >> any endeavor we undertake addressing national security is legal. in this particular case, the problems -- the programs to which you refer, the legality has been assured by the department of justice. the fisa court has rule order these two programs, monitors these two programs and again has assured the legal iiity of the efforts undertaken. and lastly in response to what the ranking member said in terms of a debate, congress has been

briefed as has been pointed out, has been briefed over the years. >> you're hearing a lot of this really bipartisan response in terms of the legality of what's been going on with the nsa and what was leaked and what information we do know, what we don't deserve to know. and that is one bipartisan fellow, too a. two administrations, robert mueller took office one week before 9/11. so he's been on the seat now for 12 years so he knows how to handle a house judiciary committee. dan lothian is live now in washington. just get me up to speed on how the hearing has gone so far and what he's had to fend off or 59 lea at least answer to the most. >> reporter: the message you heard where he talked about how lawmakers were briefed,9 at least answer to the most. >> reporter: the message you heard where he talked about how lawmakers were briefed, at least answer to the most. >> reporter: the message you heard where he talked about how lawmakers were briefed, this is continuing what the administration has been saying for several weeks. this kind of classified information had been out there, that these lawmakers had been briefed or at least had the

opportunity to be briefed. but lawmakers saying they perhaps didn't understand the if you would scope of some of these programs. he's being asked about a whole host of issues. benghazi, guns and background checks. but the primary question what keeps coming up time and time again is for him to sort of defend these nsa programs. and he has been doing that. he was specifically asked about snowden and he admitted the leaks had an impact. >> as for the individual who has admitted, he is the subject of and ongoing criminal investigation. these disclosures have caused significant harm to our nation and to our safety. we're taking all necessary steps to hold the person responsible for these disclosures. >> reporter: he pointed out that the surveillance programs do protect the country from terrorism, but he refused to go into any great detail because he said a lot of this poof this in

is classified. >> we hear that a lot. makes us frustrated as you try to get to the bottom of things. tee time on hold officially right now. chad was just talking about it, it's because of weather dampening the u.s. open. tiger hoping to end the drought. phil mickelson aiming for the top. 30? 20? new purina one beyond has 9. the simplified purina one beyond. learn more about these wholesome ingredients at purinaone.com

so the weather really stinks, weather gods are not being kind to the golfers this morning. especially the u.s. open golfers. because it's been suspended can due to bad weather. want to head directly out to cnn's shane o donahue for our bleacher report. what do golf athletes do when they have to wait it out? do they have an arnold palmer or how do they use the time? >> that would be very nice. i'd lying one of those myself. but the players, they're based

not far from here. the rain just down here on the west court. the clubhouse at the east course. the usga and all the club officials are doing a wonderful job, but it's in trying circumstances. but the weather is the real issue at the moment today. the players obviously would have been cooped up in their players lounge and all the millionaires on their smartphones and laptops but anxious just to get back out on the course. obviously they started at 7:00 a.m. this morning. but they suspended play at 8:36 a.m. here. and then we saw a deluge for about an hour from 9:30 to 10:30. and then it stopped. you can still feel quite a bit of warmth here, but the conditions under foot are ingso. the players are out on the

practice range. a number working on their pitching games and working on getting loose and getting ready to get back out there because play will resume at 12:10 p.m. local time. so that's good news, but no guarantee that there won't be another rainstorm at some stage today. it will be a long day. those who are playing in the an are delayed by at least 3 1/2 hours and that includes the real marquee group of the day which features tiger woods, rory mcilroy and adam scott. so they will have a long wait. >> well, and once they finish their arnold palmers, hopefully they didn't put a shot of vodka in it because play will resume. well, you know what, that would make for good tv. won't lie. thanks. keep us posted. i want to move out west now. we have breaking news from colorado. wet weather is a god send for colorado, but they do not have this kind of luck right now.

instead this is what they're facing. look at those pictures. that is a cameraman that is awfully close to a dangerous circumstance. walls of flames racing through what is only to be called bone dry forests. and also 360 bone dry burned homes, as well. and that's only so far. thousands of people have run for their lives. they don't get a lot of time to collect their photos and hard drives and get out. they're lucky if they just get out with their lives frankly. colorado officials just issued an update on this moments ago and it's been one hell of a fire. dan simon is in colorado springs right now. what do they say? >> reporter: first of all, this has become quite the catastrophe for this community. the number of homes destroyed more than tripled overnift. as you said, 360 homes destroyed. that exceed what is we saw last year in this community with the waldo canyon fire. this is absolutely horrible for

the folks living here and the conditions are not improving whatsoever. more red flag warnings today, could see wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour. that despite the fact that you have all of these resources on the ground. you have 500 firefighters trying to battle this wildfire, numerous aircraft dumping water, dumping retardant, none of it seemed to be making a diffence whatsoever. at this point the fire is still 0% contained if you can believe that after several days of trying to fight the fire. they're making really zero progress in terms of containing this blaze. and now we're just getting this late breaking word 360 homes destroyed. >> heartbreaking to hear that. our thoughts are with all those people having to make a new start. dan will keep watching it for us out there. in the meantime, will she or won't she run for president in 2016? you'll hear that a lot. hillary clinton and the clinton

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no routine blood monitoring means bob can spend his extra time however he likes. new zealand! xarelto® is just one pill a day, taken with the evening meal. and with no dietary restrictions, bob can eat the healthy foods he likes. do not stop taking xarelto® rivaroxaban without talking to the doctor who prescribes it for you. stopping may increase your risk of having a stroke. get medical help right away if you develop any signs or symptoms of bleeding, like unusual bruising or tingling. you may have a higher risk of bleeding if you take xarelto® with aspirin products, nsaids or blood thinners. talk to your doctor before taking xarelto® if you currently have abnormal bleeding. xarelto® can cause bleeding, which can be serious, and rarely may lead to death. you are likely to bruise more easily on xarelto®, and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. tell your doctors you are taking xarelto® before any planned medical or dental procedures. before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions, such as kidney, liver or bleeding problems.

ready to change your routine? ask your doctor about once-a-day xarelto®. for more information including cost support options, call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. so breaking news, a major explosion and fire at a chemical plant in geismar, louisiana along highway 30 not far from new orleans. it's the williams olefins plant. take a look at some of these pictures we've been getting in. we're also hearing about multiple roert reports of injur not getting a clear picture of how many or how bad those injuries could be. the authorities obviously first and foremost trying to get the fire under control. evacuating the area around the plant. and we just received a statement

from the company, as well, part of it stating this, we are currently focused on the safety and well, of our employees, contractors and the local community who are responding to the situation. emergency shutdown valves have been closed. the unit is isolated. it's a pretty fascinating plant. you never like to hear chemicals on fire, but in case you're wondering what kind of chemicals, this plant produces about 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and polymer grade propylene every year. ethylene is used to righten fruit and propylene is a flammable gas. usually used in helping make plastics and injectable moldings and fe fibers. we'll continue to collect the details. we were the first to report this next story as breaking news

yesterday and it's great breaking news. sarah murnaghan, 10 years old, her family fighting value yeptly to get her eligible adult lungs. literally almost at death's door and now she's recovering because she got the lungs, she went into surgery, six hour long surgery, she emerged in what's being called a success. this is this adorable child, her reaction as she heard she was eligible for lungs. look at that. 10-year-old girl barely able to open her eyes. can't wait to hear her as she yelps with her new lungs. jason carroll, or correspondent following this live from philadelphia, when i heard -- this has been a drama playing out. when i heard she was going into surgery and that so far a success, it's just -- it does your heart joy. do we know anything more about sarah? >> reporter: well, she's still

heavily sedated and as of last night into the very early morning, she was still in icu. still intubated. but even though she was heavily sedated even before going into surgery, her mother and her aunt tell me that they still read to her every day, still talked to her hoping that she could somehow hear them, hear their well wishes in some way, shape or form. and now that the surgery is over, that six hour surgery, her mother really giving thanks to the person that made it all possible. >> do we know anything about the donor? >> they won't tell you anything. but that donor is her hero, our hero of this story. but she wouldn't have had access to that hero if it weren't for the change. this is an adult donor, lungs she wouldn't have had the opportunity to have access to just two weeks ago. >> reporter: this was a delicate surgery, a very difficult

surgery. and even though she emerged successfully, she's not out of the woods yet. there still could be a lot of complications that can occur. there could be rejection, there could be infection. so what her parents are doing is just taking each day at a time, her mother told me that sarah has always been a fighter and they hope she will continue to fight. >> and i can only assume, jason, they literally are day after day hold up in that hospital waiting for every development, waiting for her to open her eyes as she comes out of sedation. this must be so hard on them. >> reporter: you know, once again, we're hoping to get word from the family in terms what have happens when she wakes up and what she says. but once again, it's just taking every day at a time. >> and we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about the other side of this case because it became a case on javier acosta.

is he getting closer to getting the lungs? >> reporter: he will is eligible and under the new temporary change in national policy, once a child is deemed sick enough and receives special approval, another child can be put into this pool, as well. but as for javier, 11 years old, also suffering from cystic fi o fibros fibrosis, and you'll remember his brother died when he was 11 also waiting for a lung transplant. so it's waiting game, as well. go >> jason keep us you updated. the on which repeated phrase, thank you you, your service is no longer required, you're hearing a lot in sanford, florida. because one by one jurors are being questioned by these attorneys and attorneys on the other side in the george zimmerman case. it's called voir dire. and, boy, is it specific. just what does it take to get on

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some live pictures for you, this is mark o'mara, george zimmerman's defense attorney. he is litigating live. in fact this is what you'd call the make or break time to launch a case, when you pick the people who will decide your client's fate. george zimmerman's second degree murder trial and it is critical that they get the right people and exclude the wrong ones. what's the right and what's the wrong? sometimes you find jurors who just will say or do anything to get on a jury. more often than not, you hear people who will say or do anything to get off of a jury, but this is day four of jury selection and yesterday there was one juror in this courtroom

who created i think you could call it a bit of drama. want to you to have a listen. >> did you form an opinion yourself whether or not mr. zemer man shouzem zimmerman should have been arrested? >> over time? >> within the first month or so. >> i would say no. >> you did not form an opinion? >> no, not within the first -- >> you heard other people expressing opinions. >> oh, yeah. >> but you were not taking a position yourself? >> no, because i knew i didn't have enough information. >> what's interesting, though, is it's not just how much information do you have, but how much information are you sharing, as well. apparently he did have an opinion, a pretty strong one. here is a part of what he wrote on coffee party progressive facebook page in march of last year. less than a month after the shooting happened. quote, seminole county justice system needs an enema and they

just might get one. that's not good when you're confronted with that in court. jean casarez live in sanford, florida. you're shaking your head already. i can only imagine with the amount of coverage that this case has garnered, there would be a lot of dissemination and analysis of that coverage, as well. and now we're having to deal where what people are facebooking and tweeting after they consume what they got on television say the hour before. >> and what you're saying is that social media is becoming like a private investigator so that when attorneys are in jury selection and jurors under oath are giving their nonopinion, opinions, what they though about the caknow about the case, what they don't, they can research the social media because once it's there in the written form, that's your state of mind and they can really show those inconsistencies. and the judge confronted this

jury with this blog and how that they are not legitimate and he hummed and said maybe i did write that. so that was probably it for him. >> i remember talking with jurors who have been dismissed after voir dire in casey anthony, and this is after they were leaving the courthouse, they said i just showed up for jury duty, i had no idea that i'd be in that case. and they seemed very relieved. because it is a massive burden in any case to be on a jury. and then to find yourself sort of right in the middle of the klieg lights. are you getting a clear opinion, can you see some of the reaction of jurors as they show up and realize, oh, dear god, really, me? >> do you know that this is one of the things i'm really surprised about. i'm hearing juror after juror say four to six weeks, no at

problem. you might sequester the jury, i can arrange that, no problem at all. people want to be on this jury. that's the trend, that's what i'm seeing, feeling and hearing. and i'm surprised by that. >> i've said to you and others, for anybody out there who asks me how do you get off jury gut, i've got the sure fire way to do it. go enlist in the army and serve your country by going overseas. because then you'll get a break from jury duty. or gdo your duty and sit on a jury. it's a good experience. keep us posted. thank you. will she or won't she? man, i'm sick of saying that. and we're a long way away from 2016. but there she is live in florida at the clinton global initiative. yes, she's in the spotlight. yes, she gi's giving a speech. this is bill clinton's initiative, but is she dropping any hints there.

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30. this driver was able to just take a few shots. you can see the flames, the black plumes of smoke. we can tell you now that there is a shelter in placed on, meaning do not leave your home. stay where you are for a two mile radius around this plant. they're calling this i think obviously a hazmat situation. all of the people within that radius were notified by the telephone, this coming to us from the ascension parish. this is dire enough to have everybody in the two mile radius shelter in place. if you're wondering what is burning in that fire, this plant was apparently producing ethylene and also polymer grade propylene. those are chemicals that not only are used to ripen fruit, but also used in plastics anden

je injectable moldings and fibers. not good when combined with fire. we have heard there were injuries, but we haven't had any updates. so we're continuing to watch that for you and we'll bring it to you as soon as we know more. also, imagine this. being forbidden to learn to read because that is true, that is what daily life is like for a lot of girls right across this globe. you'll want to see the premiere of the new documentary "girl rising" coming to you on sunday night. when it comes to girls getting an education, one of the richest people in the world is certainly giving back and doing his part. we have an exclusive interview, poppy harlow has been able to sit down with warren buffett. he always tells you everything. >> he does not answer all my questions. >> but you always get the exclusive and breaking news. and this is one of those things that it's not such a business story as it is a great human interest story and it's a wonderful story in terms of its

productivity. >> it was interesting because every time i sit down with him, it's about the economy, business. this time it was all about women. in the past few months, warren buffett has become much more outspoken about women in the workplace, what women mean to america's future, also the importance of girls' education. so ahead of this premiere of "girl rising," we sat down with the oracle of omaha to talk to him when a lot of things. he told me he thinks women in business throughout his life just have not gotten a fair shake and he's speaking out loudly about it. but he also talked to us about the economic reasons why it's so important to investing in girls' education. listen. what is the economic argument for investing in women's education? first here in america. >> the economic argument for investing in education generally is to enable people to rise to their potential. i mean, anybody that doesn't get a chance to fulfill their potential is being short

changed. and when they're short changed, the country is short changed, too. if we were only educating people through the eighth grade we'll say in this country for some reason, they would suffer, america would suffer in you can't leave lots of people we low potential and affect the potential of the country. >> how important is it and does it pay off? >> it pays off for society to enable anybody to come close to their potential. i mean, just think of the great people throughout our own country's lifetime and if they had been held back in any way, it would have been a great loss to the country. we want everybody to find their potential. that's a goal we'll never reach. it is striving toward it is very important. it is important in the united states and important in the

world. we can't influence that to any great degree in many countries. i believe in women's reproductive freedom because many women would not have a chance to reach the potential they want to reach without reproductive freedom so we support that big time around the world. >> that's great. >> it was very interesting, and that's just part of it. it was a long interview. we'll air a lot more on cnn saturday morning, so if you're awake saturday morning, tune in. i asked him why are you speaking out about this now? he said i have been talking about women and work and girls education to these college groups that come visit me in omaha for years and publicly he is going forward after he read sheryl sandberg's book "lean in" and that motivated him to come talk about it and his take is look what america accomplished using what he calls 50% of its talent. you and i have a job so it is not just using men but imagine what we can accomplish as a country fully utilizing 100% of our talent and that really stuck with me. >> and paying that 50%.

>> equally. >> equal pay. >> you mentioned it already. it is saturday morning, cnn saturday morning. >> cnn saturday morning you can see much more. >> excellent work. as always. poppy harlow joining us. i want to get to the breaking news, an update what's going in louisiana with the chemical plant fire. we had heard there was this shelter in place and very concerned about many people who are in that area and i understand that lester kenyon, i hope i have your name right, sir, with ascension paris public information office, can you hear me, sir? >> yes, i do. >> can you give me an update what the situation is down there? >> the information i have is sparse right now because they're still working the scene. we have the ascension parish just after around 8:40 this morning a fire at the williams

olafants plant and we responded to the scene along with several fire departments, hazmat teams, members of homeland security and the fire department and police department working at the scene and there is a shelter in place enacted in a two-mile radius around the scene of the accident, and that was done by phone notification. we're asking shelter employees and the people to stay in their homes until teams have responded and it will be okay. we notified them by phone again. >> do you know anything about the injuries? for about 50 or so minutes we have been going on this skeletal report that there were indeed multiple injuries expected and reported and yet we have heard nothing and seen nothing to that actual fact. do you have any additional information on that? >> i do not. the information i am seeing also is on local tv here. i don't know where they're getting their information from. i don't have that information at

this time. >> and in that area you said it was close to gonzalez. is there a robust first responders element in that vicinity meaning they could get a lot of ambulances and first responders there. >> yes, we do, we train for these types of events because this is a big corridor for plants along the river, the mississippi river, and we have trained for these type of things and that's in place. >> and then also i want to ask you about the materials in that plant. i can only assume you're familiar with that plant and probably employs a lot of people in the area. we have only come under the understanding it manufacturers ethylene and propylene, polymer grade propylene. anything more to what's actually in that plant and what might be now in the air? >> that i have no information on that at this time actually. >> sorry, i couldn't hear the

last thing you said. i think you said you had no additional information on what's burning, is that correct. >> yes, ma'am. >> and in terms of the fire responders, you said several fire departments. how many are in that area? i don't know if it is as rural as it seems. are there a number of fire departments all within that area? >> yes, there are. there are. >> all right. mr. kenyon, thanks so much for joining us. if you can get any other additional information on the people who may be affected by this in terms of injuries, we know about the stay and shelter in place for the two-mile raid us and we certainly are very concerned about those that may have been among the injured in the initial report if in fact that has happened, lester kenyon, the puck information officer for the ascension parish pio office. we'll be right back after this. all business purchases.

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to chicago live where former secretary of state hillary clinton is speaking. she is at the mike right now. this is a conference for two days and that might sound boring, a two-day conference but not when the entire clinton family shows up. it is the clinton global initiative, the third annual meeting where by not only the clintons but big a-listers get together for the foundation that was begun by bill clinton, actually several years ago. a dozen years ago. the focus on economic development and figuring out how to make things right and help the world in recovery in the most pressing challenges.

hillary clinton leaves the state department and goes right back into the political spotlight so to speak. she has a new role with the clinton global initiative as well. have a quick listen to this. >> i wanted to just briefly describe to you what i am going to do in my new role at the foundation. certainly i will be focused on applying lessons learned from around the world and building new partnerships across our entire portfolio but particularly in three broad areas that have been close to my heart my entire adult life. early childhood development, opportunities for women and girls, and economic development that creates jobs and gives more people and more places the chance to live up to their own god-given potential. >> of course all of those very laudable goals and a lot of people are hearing 2016, 2016.

erin mcpike is in chicago and joins us by telephone. they say a lot of people would couldn't wait to see if this would happen toy chris christie near mrs. clinton. has that image emerged anywhere. >> not yet. we'll see chris christie tomorrow on stage to wrap this clinton global initiative conference. he will be on stage with bill clinton in the afternoon. of course hillary clinton will be doing some more -- a few more things in the next few days and have a big announcement here tomorrow about what a new area of focus of her work will be with the clinton global initiative and the clinton foundation. that will happen tomorrow and we'll be seeing a lot of bill clinton on stage off and on throughout the next few days. we have not seen any christie sightings just yet. >> that's the big headliner obviously. a number of other big headliner as well, some not so political and a little more on the star spangled side. among others.

you can keep an eye on that. we'll are live coverage as well because you can't escape the 2016 speculation. cnn will be live all day long and that's it for me. thank you so much for watching. do appreciate it. stay tuned around the world starts now. welcome to around the world. i am suzanne malveaux. michael holmes is off today. we're keeping an eye on breaking news near baton rouge, louisiana, right now, where a chemical plant is burning. this is in the town of guieisma. we're told many people are injured. we are following this story very closely. it is the williams olefins plant and produces chemicals to make plastic. not more details available right now. you see people rushing and running and there are emergency crews and up choppersn