good monday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just moments ago, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy arrived in the united kingdom. he s meeting with prime minister risch she sunak who plans to announce hundreds of air missiles for ukraine as it prepares a corner offensive against russia. cnn s clare sebastian joins me from london. clare, zelenskyy on the german leg of that tour, he said he vowed to reclaim all of his country from the russians. what more are we learning about the support he s getting? yeah, christine, it s been a productive weekend for ukraine. he got the biggest ever pledge to date in his war to germany, $3 billion, and included another 30 leopard 2 tanks crucial for ukraine. france also pledging tens of armored vehicles as we hear the meeting gets under way at chequers outside of london. and the ukraine will be pledging more missiles attack drones with a range of 200 kilometers. this is som
tenuous piece between israel and islamic jihad appears to holding this morning. celebrations in gaza after five days of attacks that have left at least 33 palestinians in gaza dead, as well as two people in israel. one israeli, one palestinian. but the frag i will cease-fire has still not addressed the issues at the heart of the recent clashes. cnn s ahead dam gold joins me this morning from jerusalem. what s the latest on this truce? this cease-fire, is it holding junior. reporter: yeah, christine, it does appear to be holding even though last night there was a rocket fired from gaza towards israel. israel responded with militant outposts along the border. there were no injuries reported on either side and security forces in gaza telling our cnn team there it was a, quote, malfunction. that seems to be a runoff, more than 24 hours after a cease-fire was called. so farer the cease-fire appears to be holding and life is returning somewhat to normalcy
targets but even they say this has thought changed the situation onnd the ground. islamic jihad is not a group dismabled. and hamas who got to reporter it but didn t have to be targeted itself. what has changed, though, is the political situation, benjamin netanyahu, his poll numbers was suffering before this. well, christine, his poll numbers have now increased as a result or after this operation. thank you for that, hadas gold. 77 hours have passed since title 42 expired and that expected surge of migrants at the southern border, apparently, it hasn t happened, at least not yeed themland secretary mayorkas is tellinging cnn the number encounter said half in the last days. 10,000 migrants per day to just more than 4,000. we have communicated very clearly a vitally important message to the individuals who are thinking of arriving at our
here s today s fast forward look ahead. the fulton county district attorney must respond to donald trump s legal team today. three campgrounds in yosemite national park are closing today. park officials say it s due to record snow melt that has prompted yet another flood forecast. chicago s mayor elect brandon johnson is set to be sworn in today. he will be the 57th mayor of america s third largest city and arguably its most progressive yet. chile s dark legacy during the regime stealing and selling of baby to adoption agencies is still being uncovered and understood today. cnn s rafael romo has the story of one of those babies. reporter: she doesn t speak english. and his spanish is basic. just a few weeks ago, they were perfect strangers but now they
all right. cnn s arlette saenz reports from the white house. reporter: christine, president biden says he ll likely meet with congressional leaders here at the white house on tuesday. setting up the next showdown over the debt limit. now, the president cautioned his aides are still working through that timing. but top economists at the white house and treasury department over the weekend said that the staff level talks have been constructive. president biden struck an optimistic tone that an agreement will be reached. i remain optimistic because i m a continual optimist. i think there s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach an agreement. i think we ll be able to do it. reporter: negotiates on the staff level worked throughout the weekend to present this meting with the president and mccarthy. officials say a few items are on the table including talks about the budget, also clawing back on unspent covid relief funds and