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 scheduled for tonight in des moines. today in texas a twister left this damage in laguna heights near the border with mexico. one person was killed, ten othe
you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. after days of violence, israel and the islamic jihad agree to a cease-fire. we ll go live to see if the peace is holding. plus, the latest from the u.s.-mexican border and the latest fallout from trying to house migrants in cities. a hug 42 years in the making. he reunites with his sister after he discovers he was stolen as a baby. reporter: live from cnn news center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it s 5 a.m. here in atlanta, noon in israel where a cease-fire with islamic jihad appears to be holding. palestinians celebrated the cease-fire. many are skeptical it will hold. at least 35 people were killed. listen to what one person has to say. translator: the truce is good. we want truce built on a good basis. there is a truce and then after a month there are people who die. we want a truce based on a good basis. the idf says its oper
peril. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine which has just cleared the first hurdle on the path to join the european union. eu and ukrainian flags flew side by side in kyiv on friday after the european commission recommended that ukraine should be given candidate status. the move doesn t guarantee membership, which could be years away, but president zelenskyy says it still brings ukraine a step closer to winning the war. the commission s leader says ukraine deserves to be in. we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us, the european dream. now, the british prime minister boris johnson made a surprise visit to kyiv on friday, his second since the war began. he offered ukraine a major military training program that he said would, quote, fundamentally change the equation of the war. new videos meanwhile appear to show two u.s. military volunteers wh
stain on the soul of america. russia is not achieving its strategic objectives. russia tried to deny any enlargement of nato. the social democratic party has concluded that sweden should join nato. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa suarez. welcome to the show, everyone, it is monday, may 16th. we begin with the consequences of russia s war on ukraine. finland and sweden have announced they intend to join nato, reverse ago neutral stance held by the two nations for decades and really paving the way for major expansion of nato s military alliance directly on russia s doorstep. now, what you are looking at right now, a live images coming to us from helsinki in finland where finnish lawmakers are gathered to consider the issue. swedishish use are set to do the same in 30 minutes or so both parliaments are widely expected to endorse the decisions, from there nato says the approval process could move very quickly. finland s acceptance would also double r
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