cbs elise preston is in jakson, mississippi, pressing the mayor for answers as the water crisis there moves in to day five. how does a city with a black mayor and black leadership fail its black residents? cordes: and cbs steve hartman is on the road as a community of strangers steps up. it makes me so happy. it mak this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. cordes: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy friday night. i m nancy cordes. norah o donnell is on assignment. tonight, the labor day travel rush is in full swing as americans take to the road and the skies for one final getaway of the summer. a.a.a. expects it to be the busiest labor day travel weekend in three years, bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.81. that s down $1.21 cents from the peak in june. airports are also crowded with passengers after a frustrating summ
classified, but had nothing inside. cbs elise preston is in jackson, mississippi, pressing the mayor for answers as the water crisis there moves in to day five. how does a city with a black mayor and black leadership fail its black residents? cordes: and cbs steve hartman is on the road as a community of strangers steps up. it makes me so happy. reporting from the nation s capital. cordes: good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy friday night. i m nancy cordes. norah o donnell is on assignment. tonight, the labor day travel rush is in full swing as americans take to the road and the skies for one final getaway of the summer. a.a.a. expects it to be the busiest labor day travel weekend in three years, bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.81. that s down $1.21 cents from the peak in june. airports are also crowded with passengers after a frustrating summer. since memorial day, nearly 48,000 u.s. fligh
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
hamas making new demands in hostage talks with israel. what the terror group is asking for as the idf finds another body of a kidnapped israeli in gaza. plus the big diplomatic push continues, president biden meets with his mexican counterpart on migration and fentanyl trafficking. can they find new ways to fight these massive problems. and now nikki haley is on the ground in iowa in her quest to catch up to donald trump. is she the former president s biggest threat? we re following these major developing stories all coming in right here to cnn news central . we re learning of a new demand. sources now tell cnn hamas is insisting that israel stop flying surveillance drones over gaza as a condition for freeing hostage. this is part of hamas push for israel to pause its military operations in exchange for people that it is holding captive. and it comes after the idf says two hostages were found dead near al-shifa hospital. the body of a 19-year-old has been returned to
specifically on that topic. now, this is expected to be a record breaking year for air travel. tsa says to get to the airport early. to avoid all the, you know, the long lines and everything, so that s why. it would help if more people did that, right? it would help, yep. i think with the amount of people that do travel, it s good to just give yourself some leeway. and sandra, as always, check with your airlines for any updates and good luck out there. sandra. sandra: good luck out there. that s the message, right? looks ok for now there in denver. we hope it stays that way. it is going to get busy as it always does. alicia, thank you so much and great to see you as we kick off a new hour, college campuses under the microscope. the federal government investigating more than a half dozen schools after a series of alleged antisemitic incidents. welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york and john, we are closer and closer to the weekend, but a lot still to get to he