on tuesday. and pope francis is expected to participate in palm sunday mass at st peter s basilica just a day after leaving the hospital. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. and we begin with those powerful storms that battered parts of the u. s. and the death toll is rising yet again, at least 22 people were killed, dozens more injured after tornadoes and storms hit on friday and saturday, the latest fatality just hours ago in delaware, and this is what it looks like in wynne, arkansas, where four people were killed. the mayor told cnn. her city was basically cut in half by the damage the storm so powerful it ripped the turf off the football field at the high school. similar scenes in the state capital little rock, where at least one person was killed and 50 hospitalist. many of the tornado s moving so quickly. people had little time to prepare like this driver who rode out the storm in his van. neighbors and neighborhoods and businesses were dec
preside over palm sunday services at the vatican in a short time from now, although he s not expected to actually celebrate mass, it is the start of the holy week celebrations leading up to easter. the 86 year old pontiff was discharged from the hospital saturday morning after being treated for bronchitis. brittney griner. us us. athletes once imprisoned in russia is expressing her concern for an american journalist currently held in the country. in a statement, grinder urged the us to bring home evan gershowitz, who was arrested last week on suspicion of spying . his employer, the wall street journal, is also demanding his release. the newspaper says. quote evans case is a vicious affront to a free press and should spur outrage in all three people and governments throughout the world. no reporters should ever be detained for simply doing their job. gordon faircloth is the
michael, i think we don t really know. i think, though history has shown that we re in the middle of a sort of a trend. these days of governments looking at effectively taking hostages in order to achieve their geopolitical gains. how risky then would you say it is for american journalists or others to be working in russia? right now? many foreign journalists, of course, have already left. would you advise those still there to do the same if you were there, boss leave. well, i can tell you we ve withdrawn our bureau chief from moscow. um i think that in a situation like this where somebody can be, or has been arrested simply for doing his job, i think it s clearly a very perilous situation. yeah and we re all thinking of him, too. he is a colleague gordon faircloth. thanks so much. good luck with what you re doing. i know you re doing everything you