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
toughest contact tracing and quarantine regimes aren t going to work. they have accepted for the economy to reopen they also have to evolve their approach. they have watched the chaos in shanghai and china and have promised it won t be repeated here. quite a significant shift from taiwan. thanks very much, will. still to come right here on the show, severe weather in store for parts of the u.s. with record high temperatures some making fire conditions worse but that s not all. millions of americans on alert across the northeastern situates as line of potentially dangerous storms approaching this region this afternoon. we will break down the details and even a few isolated tornado in the northeast. more on that in n a few minutes. s of hep c. in only 8 weeks. the virus multiplieses daily and can damage the liver over time. mavyret stops hep c and d cures it. if you ve had hepatitis s b, it may flare up.