you will determine america s future. plus meeting the pope. ukraine s president zelenskyy at the vatican predicts victory. and later it s fiercely contested and wildly colorful, the engaging colorful competition that is the euro vision song contest. in liverpool, england, and this is euro vision. it s the world s biggest song competition most americans have never heard of. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news with adrianna diaz. we will bring you the latest on the migrant situation at the southern border and across the country in a moment, but first this developing news. tonight millions of americans face weather extremes. what do we mean by that, a heat wave in the northwest, a monsoon flooding in the southwest and tornados across the plains. that threat was so real former president trump canceled a rally
The most deadly carried out with assault weapons. cbs nicole killian spoke with one victim s mother who s taking her cause straight to congress. reporter: it is not the book patricia oliver wanted written about her son. when you open the book you re always going to see joaquin was shot four times. reporter: joaquin was one of 17 people killed when a gunman opened fire at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, in 2018. what is it you miss most about joaquin in. everything. he was my sunshine, and i wasn t able to see him grow as a young adult. reporter: this week patricia and her husband manuel walk the halls of congress encouraging lawmakers to read their son s
For more than 40 years a virginia man has used his artistic eye to take americans where cameras often cannot go, inside some of the nation s highest profile trials and legal proceedings. cbs scott macfarlane turns our camera on courtroom artist bill hennessy. reporter: in a year of blockbuster courtroom moments there s always a reserve seat up front for the man with the pencils and the pad. bill hennessy of virginia is one of the busiest and most prolific courtroom artists of his time. for decades he s been sketching the drama that plays out in front of america s judges and juries. it s my reaction to what i m seeing. th pastearke the janrosetionsr some sf is ined is the supreme court.
Penniless and traumatized like this venezuelan. she told us she prayed for courage. federal authorities have increased deportation flights and added space at detention facilities to ease overcrowding. we re not out of the woods yet. we re absolutely not out of the woods yet. we re going to continue to work really hard. reporter: and tonight legal sparring after a federal judge in florida temporarily blocked the biden administration s migrant release policy designed to alleviate overcrowding. the department of justice says it plans to appeal. major? nicole in brownsville, texas, we thank you. far from the southern border some northern cities have declared states of emergency as asylum seekers arrive. cbs michael george in new york has the latest. michael, good evening reporter: major, good evening. already today three more buses of migrants arrived here at new. citiesross t country are desperately trying to
It s not reached the crunch point yet. reporter: and major, lawmakers were supposed to meet here with the presidnt to discuss those debt ceiling negotiations yesterday. that meeting has now been pushed to next week. at the white house for us tonight christina ruffini, thank you. to the middle east now. today israel and the islamist militant group in gaza agreed to a cease-fire. five days of fire has claimed the lives of at least 13 palestinians and two israelis. today ukrainian president zelenskyy arrived in rome for a private audience with pope francis. it lasted 40 minutes with zelenskyy calling their private meeting, quote, a great honor. today germany announced $3 billion of military aid to ukraine, its biggest allotment since russia s invasion. help is also coming from individuals including a group o. cbs charlie dagada has the story. reporter: they are a long way from home of plymouth, new