heavy rain, damaging winds, possible flash flooding from washington, d.c. to philadelphia and parts of the northeast. we ll time it out for you. and in florida tonight, the tropical storm watch just issued. what they re now expecting there and rob marciano standing by. the major news on the war in ukraine tonight. members of the u.s. military tonight are now training ukrainians at an undisclosed location, how to use those rocket systems that have now been sent. and robin roberts interviw with the first lady of ukraine when the air raid sirens suddenly go off. ian pannell reporting from kyiv. the major headline on a covid vaccine for children under 5. the new timeline just in. it could be just a couple of weeks away now. and the stunning images coming in tonight, celebrating queen elizabeth s 70 years on the throne. the queen and louis scene-stealing moment. prince harry and megan there, too. and late today, what the queen did, with just the touch of her hand, setting
on this tuesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, and expressed optimism that quote rational republicans will make a move this time. he decried, easy access to high caliber weapons, while also discussing the limitations of his own power. s own power. one week after the deadly shooting in texas, funeral services are under way, for the victims. on a hot memorial day, american flags flew at half-staff in uvalde yesterday. not only for fallen soldie
to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu
who has the upper hand. we can see victory ahead and it is all because of you, so thank you, pennsylvania. increased forest fires in the u.s., leaving of corals in the oceans. time is running out. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, may 19, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in new york and washington. investors on wall street will be waking up after reporting the worst trading day in nearly two years, all eyes on the u.s. markets to see if the roller coaster ride continues as fears of a recession grows. let s take a look at how it is impacting life. gasoline prices are soaring. so are home prices. and if americans want to buy a car, with the supply chain shortages even the price of used cars has skyrocketed. in california, gas prices have hit $6 a gallon this week and experts warn that could be the national average before the summer is out. aaa has the current gas average at just a little over $4.50 today. the cost of grocerie
during the height of the pandemic. we ll go live to the white house with the latest. and also ahead the republican primary race in pennsylvania is still too close to call. and we may not know the results until june. but until then, former president trump is urging his candidate to declare victory right now. before all of the votes have been counted. will dr. oz bend to trump s demands. we ll have steve kornacki at the big board on where the race stands exactly. plus trouble on wall street. as the biggest loss in nearly two years and the futures are pointing toward another rocky day ahead. we ll take a look at all of that. willie? also this hour, the prime minister of sweden and the president of finland are set to arrive at white house at any moment as they press forward in their bids to join nato. they will meet with president biden after the president issued a statement supporting the bids of those two nordic nations. prooish stated that the u.s. will provide defense sup