failed and said i can do better than that. marks get set on this episode, you re about to find out all the reasons you can t do better than that. woo! for a touchdown, a sharpshooter from the midcourt. we re looking at the spirit of america. i grew up resenting sports. when you re a black kid who everybody knows is going to be over six feet tall, every conversation goes to you play basketball. i only did in eighth grade. i went the whole season without scoring a point, like dennis rodman, but without the rebounding and hair. when i lived in chicago, i discovered michael jordan. now i m the guy who quotes the last dance like it s a new book of the bible. i took it personally. but that s the thing about sports. we often take it personally. i m somehow a grown man who hates adults for no good reason. john starks! sports give us a place to unload all of our unchecked f-u on everybody, from little leaguers to hall of famers. and if there is one city that revels in
for them. and that s because they say the temperatures increase, the humidity drops, and the winds pick up. that s the time when this fire begins to expand even more. we ve seen it grow dramatically over the last couple of days and they expect it to continue, unfortunately. firefighters also saying this is a difficult fire because in very steep areas. they say it s hard to get to people and homes. a lot of the homes are big, say five-acre lots, the homes are essentially surrounded by the forest, a lot of which is overgrown and dry. so they re asking people to pay attention to evacuation orders, to pack their bags. some people are listening while others are choosing to stay here. i talked to a couple of neighbors who say they just don t want to leave, they ll continue to watch the flames and see how the situation develops. but they don t want to leave their homes, they say they ll do everything they can to protect their homes. there has an increase in resources here. we are ex
and north korea is battling its first reported covid outbreak. we will look at what south korea is offering. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin with a seismic shift for european security. on sunday finland s government f formally announced it would join nato. parliament is widely expected to endorse the decision, and from there nato leaders said the approval process could move quickly. sunday s announcement mark a historic policy change for two countries that remained neutral for decades and it s likely to anger russian president, vladimir putin, who long considered nato expansion a threat to russia. claire sebastian is standing by with reaction. and first, let s go to nic robertson live in helsinki. a vote will come on whether to join nato, and probably that s a forgone conclusion. how does the process move on from here? reporter: it is a forgone conclusion, and the president yesterday, when
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
former police officer killed exchanging gunfire with the shooter. survivors of the attack describe a terrifying rush to escape. my daughter was crouched down to the front end for the entire shooting. i got all the way to the back door and the back door was stuck but morris, my co-worker, who told us to run to the back, he s also the one who was able to get the door open for us to get out of the building. we were afraid, we didn t know if someone was on the other side of the door. she was in panic mode and she did not move because she did not want to be noticed she was there. buffalo s mayor called for the city to pull together to overcome the trauma of the attack. we re heart broken. many people with tears in their eyes, families that have lost loved ones. i m telling the community to grieve but let s stay strong, let s stay together and let s get through this as a community. police have identified the suspect and 18-year-old peyton gendron. authorities are combing th