portions of mississippi and alabama or live in the weather center. awarding to the west, vladimir putin says he will station nuclear weapons in belarus. and risking it all for the american dream, a rising number of pregnant women and minors make the dangerous trek through panama for a chance at asylum in the us from cnn center. cnn newsroom with laila harre. we begin with a massive cleanup underway in the southeastern us after powerful storms that spawned deadly tornadoes barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. the secretary of homeland security is set to tour the area later today and in the past couple of hours, president biden approved the mississippi governor s request for a major disaster declaration to get federal disaster. eight. flowing as quickly as possible. the mayor of heart hit rolling fork saying his city is gone. here s congressman bennie thompson, describing the destruction in his home stat
meanwhile the world athletics has banned many transgender women from competing in female track and field events. starting this week. it will prohibit transgender women who have gone through what they what the w. a called male puberty. some lgbtq rights groups have criticized the decision as discriminatory organization. stonewall express disappointment, saying world athletics has no specific evidence to justify the ban. christine brennan is a scene in sports analyst and award winning sports columnist for usa today, and she joins me now from washington, d. c so much to unpack here, christine. good to have you with us. what s the thinking behind this pan? thinking leila, is that what world athletics track and field governing body is saying as the swimming federation said last year is that if you ve gone through male puberty, you cannot