i'm lynda kinkade. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- tensions flaring between israel and gaza, militants with plenty lobbed from each side. we'll go live to southern israel with the details. >>> and right now america on a vote-a-rama session on the senate floor. we'll look at what is in the bill. >>> and monkeypox cases rising around the world. we'll look at the parallels between this outbreak and the early days of the aid crisis. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with lynda kinkade. >> it is 11:00 a.m. in israel and gaza, day three of deepening losshostilities that began frid. the palestinians saying israeli airstrikes are to blame for killing seven people saturday including four people in a refugee camp in northern gaza. the israeli military denies it was responsible and released a video that it says shows a military rocket going off course. israel says that is what caused the deadly explosion in jabalya. whatever the cause, here is what one palestinian woman said after her home was destroyed.

i'm lynda kinkade. good to have you with us. ahead on "cnn newsroom," we're nearing an historic win for the biden agenda as we speak the u.s. senate is in a marathon vote-a-rama process on a massive economic bill. we'll look at what the law would mean for the fight against inflation. this bill aims to tackle the climate crisis and it couldn't come soon enough as the nation contends with soaring 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

i'm lynda kinkade, and you're watching "cnn newsroom." the mother of a child killed in the sandy hook school shooting is reacting to a jury's latest verdict against far right conspiracy theorist alex jones. >> we can choose love and that we're all responsible for one another. care and concern is so important. and we saw what happens when there is a dearth of that. and so i hope we all just go home tonight and everybody that's reading these articles and hearing this message and you choose love with your kids because you can. realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. >> jones had called the shooting a hoax. but during the trial admitted that it was real. the jury ordered him to pay $4 million in compensatory damages thursday and is now ordering him to pay $45.2 million more in punitive damages. after verdict jones's lawyer spoke to reporters about his client's reaction. >> his reaction was that, you know, he'd been found guilty before he ever had a chance to defend this case on the merits. that the first amendment is under sie

i'm lynda kinkade, and this is "cnn newsroom."claims at least three people were killed in a ukrainian attack in the occupied east. ukraine says russian rockets hit the grounds of the nuclear plant on friday. one rocket reportedly struck near that nuclear reactor, but russia claims ukrainian forces have conducted the strikes. russian forces have occupied the plants for months and have been accused of using it as a fortress to launch attacks from. >> translator: the occupiers created another extremely risky situation for everyone in europe. they fired that the zaporizhzhia twice unone day. this is the largest nuclear plant in our continent. the one who creates nuclear threats to other nations is definitely not capable of using nuclear technologies safely. >> well, ukraine is hoping to start exploiting up to 5 million tons of grain per month. grain exports are starting to trickle out following an agreement signed in turkey. >>> we now want to take you to one of ukraine's so-called green corridors. their routes civilians can still tak

i'm lynda kinkade. good to have you with us. ahead on "cnn newsroom," biden's big week.nflation relief and what has to happen next for it to pass. >>> plus from severe droughts to intense wildfires extreme weather is impacting much of the globe. we'll go live to the cnn weather center for

i'm lynda kinkade.on "cnn newsroom" -- tensions flaring between israel and gaza, militants with plenty lobbed from each side. we'll go live to southern israel with the details. >>> and right now america on a vote-a-rama session on the senate floor. we'll look at wh