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
war, but in particular since then there s a couple of branches of the ukrainian orthodox church. there s the originally moscow affiliated branch, which is called the ukrainian orthodox church, which officially split from the moscow patriarchy in may of last year. of course, the moscow patriarchy very pro war. patriarch kirill, a very close ally of vladimir putin has called this holy war, so the ukrainian branch split with that. but the authorities in ukraine still believed that they have ties, and they have now accused the metropolitan pavlo, who runs the key of picturesque monastery in the center of cave that famous golden domed building. they ve accused him of inciting religious hatred, justifying and denying russia s armed aggression. you can see him in a hearing and hear the wind, which he appeared on saturdays now being fitted. with an ankle bracelet, very politically charged because it s coming at the same time, michael is he and his allies are refusing to leave that monastery in
funeral. the community said goodbye to 61 year old cynthia peak. she was called cindy by her friends, according to the governor of tennessee, who said that cindy was one of his wife s best friends, and she was actually due to have dinner with the governor and the first lady of tennessee on monday night the same day, of course, that she was killed. our state representative from louisiana, said that he grew up with cindy peak and called her a great friend. she was kind and said that her entire hometown of leesville, louisiana, is in mourning right now, and the morning here in nashville will continue on sunday as nine year old will kenny will be laid to rest. diane gallagher, cnn. nashville, tennessee. the security council takes political fire from ukraine as russia assumes the leadership of the influential un body will now president elect ski is telling the council it s time to reform itself will explain when we come back. take a piece sized amount.
imprint .com and finds him wow now imprint for certain presents a max original heaven s gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. russia s presidency of the security council got off to a bit of a rough start as ukraine cried foul right away. moscow took over the month long rotating leadership of the council on saturday, which means that country that invaded its neighbor and whose president is accused of war crimes now leads the body that deals with global peace and security. moscow now has more leverage to influence u. n meetings on ukraine and promote its view of the war that it started. ukraine s foreign minister urged other security
sides and that continues the regional military administration . the ukrainian officials in that area reporting two civilians were killed in the fighting on saturday, and we know that moscow is showing no signs of backing down just on saturday as well, the defense minister saying that they are stepping up production of military equipment and in particular ammunition for the battlefield. all this, of course. as questions are asked about when and if either side might make some kind of decisive move. we know that ukraine has taken delivery in the past week of western armored vehicles and british tanks, and maybe they re hinting at it, getting set to use them in some kind of upcoming spring counter offensive. but as of yet, this remains a brutal, grinding battle of attrition, michael yeah, i want to ask you about something else to ukraine taking action against the top orthodox church leader, which is part of what s been a long simmering issue, isn t it? yes, so the context of this and it s