Good morning. It is sunday, april 21st. And Alisha Menendez with symone and michael steele. Nato Secretary General brings is the view from our allies in europe. The vote might cause Speaker Johnson his gavel this hour. We will hear from house members Jasmine Crockett and betty thompson. Opening statements in Donald Trumps first criminal trial just over 24 hours away. We are getting set for a crucial week in court. At your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. The longawaited 95 billiondollar foreign aid package is now in the hands of the u. S. Senate. Senators are expected to take of the legislation on tuesday. Saturday afternoon, the house passed a series of bills sending military aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan. The eight for israel also increase twominute turn really for gaza. When it comes to supporting ukraine, a majority of House Republicans voted against the bill picked democrats picked up the slack helping House Speaker mike johnson get the bill over the line. As for
well, have you, as joining us here in the united states around the world and streaming us on cnn max, i was my church just to hear from fires to floods dangerous weather conditionsor sweeping across parts of the us, leaving a trail of damage and destruction russia and president vladimir putin touches down in hanoi, vietnam just hours after signing a mutual defense pact with young yang, and tensions flare in the south china sea or for a conference between a philippine supply ship and the chinese coast guard from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church thanks for joining us well, we are following the devastating impacts of severe one weather across the us and mexico right now, a powerful tropical storm is set to make landfall in mexico in the coming hours, while in the us, new mexico and in california are racing to contain raging wildfires. tropical storm alberto is already threshing the texas coast with heavy rains and strong winds the national hurricane center pre