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watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." these images coming to us just moments ago. germany's chancellor welcoming ukraine's president zelenskyy after they get another multi-billion dollar aid package from berlin. they aren't seeing the migrant numbers feared. talks break the debt ceiling stalemate, the latest effort to keep america from defaulting. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin meeting with german officials. these are live images coming to us from berlin and these

meetings come on the heels of the biggest batch of military aid to ukraine. meanwhile, zelenskyy is indicating ukraine will soon start taking first important steps for its expected co counteroffensive soon. inside ukraine russian artillery is pummelling targets across the country. this is video of a drone strike across the western part of the country which reportedly left 21 people injured. another attack in the east killed two people and left ten others wounded. for more now, salma abdelaziz has the story. >> you see the reception there. the live images there. this is very much a welcome ceremony for a friend, for an ally, for a close partner as germany has been in this war on

russia. germany was the center of a debate a few months ago, kim, if you'll remember around tanks. germany reaching the deal with the united states that the u.s. provided abrams tanks and germany provided the leopard tanks that's made a huge difference on the front line. it showed a change in calculation for nato early on in this conflict, many western partners didn't want to send offensive weapons to ukraine fearing that that could escalate the conflict. that could aggravate the kremlin. that calculation really the changed in berlin a few months ago. even before his arrival president zelenskyy was promised a $3 billion aid package. that is supposed to help ahead of this expected counteroffensive. don't expect president zelenskyy will provide you all the details of when this is going to start, but it's very much going to be

the crux of the negotiations, the crux of the discussions in be berlin. today germany wants to know what are the next steps for ukraine's fighters on the ground. president zelenskyy has been reassuring his partners in rome that those first steps in the counter offense sieve could be taken seriously. >> thank you so much. selma abdelaziz in london. the biden administration is praising a cease-fire that went into effect late saturday that went into effect between egypt and israel islamic fighters. palestinians celebrated the cease-fire but many are skeptical it will hold. at least 35 people were killed. they said the operation in gaza

killed six people. this came shortly before the cease-fire took effect. elliott, take us through the cease-fire and the crucial question. what are the chances that it will snoeld. >> reporter: kim, it's holding for now. it was touch and go at the beginning. for more than an hour after 10 p.m. they continued to fire rockets towards israel and the israeli defense forces continued to carry out airstrikes right up until about midnight so about 11 hours ago. for the past 11 hours things have returned to calm and quiet. people are back on the streets of gaza. we've seen border crossings between israel and the gaza strip reowning and fuel trucks going back into gaza and the communities around the gaza strip inside israel are seeing a

normal after a lockdown and in bomb shelters. at the end of this round of hostilities, israel says there are more than 1200 rockets and that israel hit more than 370 targets. 33 palestinians killed over the past five days. that includes militants including women and children and there were two killed inside of israel. now in a statement from the government's press office they said in thanking the egyptians for helping broker this cease-fire, israel saying quiet will be met with quiet and that if israel is attacked or threatened, it will continue to do everything it needs to do to defend itself. they are saying that this round of fighting is over but the will to fight has not receded. now one of the interesting aspects of this five-day conflict is that it didn't involve hamas. at least according to the

israelis, it didn't involve hamas. we could have seen a much bigger conflict had the group got involved proper. and i suppose one hope may be at the end of this is that this march we're looking to see on thursday which is where israelis celebrate at the reunification by marching through the city cl including the eastern part, there are hopes that the threat from gaza on thursday has receded. >> kim? >> thanks so much. elliott inner views lem. the biden administration is saying the southern border isn't open now that title 42 has

ended. some border communities say they have yet to see the massive surge. >> reporter: here on the u.s.-mexico border there is a general feeling among many stakeholders that the chaos they expected didn't necessarily play out. that's according to at least one senior cbp official. they cited in a recently filed court document said the ten-day average currently stands at about 9,000 which is well below what was expected. however, there is some concern, projections that suggested that number could go up to as many be as 14,000 in the coming days or weeks. there is a number that is critically high here, and that is the daily custody average, which is total number of migrants that are in the custody of customs and border protection. that is allowing them

opportunities to process the individuals and make room for others who may choose to enter the country illegally. there is speculation on the ground when you speak to others running the shelters, they seem to believe that perhaps some of the news coming from the biden policies could be making it to them. there are, of course, the numbers that are likely to continue be to grow, and that is the number of asylum seekers ending up in some of america's largest cities. many of them here in el paso telling me they want to go to california, some want being to stay in texas. many of them continue to say that new york city is their final destination. palo sandoval, cnn, texas. the battle over abortion rights is brewing in north carolina. roy cooper has vetoed a controversial bill that would have banned most abortions in

the state after 12 weeks. a large cheering crowd gathered in raleigh cheering on as it used the veto stamp. republicans have a veto proof super majority. president joe biden was cautious but up beat. staff talks are going to break the stalemate but the clock is ticking. >> reporter: for the fourth straight day negotiations are continues a among senior staff as they continue to try to hash out a deal to raise the debt limit. these talks are occurring after a meeting between the top congressional leaders and president biden was postponed on friday as they struggle to find a path forward. these negotiations really began in earnest this past week. normally a deal like this takes months to come together. the reality is congress doesn't have months. we are less than 20 days away

and that is the deadline the treasury department has set for when the government could default on its debt. the congressional budget office released a report backing up the time line saying that a default is likely to happen in the first week, two weeks of june. we did hear from president joe biden on this saturday afternoon. he said negotiations are moving along and we should know more in the next few days. let's listen to what he has to say. >> we'll know more in the next few days. >> did you ask me something else? >> how are they happening? >> i think they're moving along. it's hard to tell. there's real discussion but we're not there yet. >> so the will to do this is there and neither side wants to see the government default on their debt but the very short

time line has led to anxiety among both sides. i am told the staff level strauks yielded some modest progress. they have begun to pinpoint some areas they can find agreement on. the spending cuts issue is something that the white house has repeatedly said that they wanted to avoid in a deal but increasingly i am told that people within the west ring are beginning to recognize it's something they might have to cave on. they need to have a deal in hand in the coming days to get it through by june 1st. congress moves slowly. once they get it they have to draft a bill, sell it to congress and pass it. this is a huge obstacle to come. cnn, washington. powerful cycle comes ashore,

millions of people are bracing for the worst. coming up, we'll have details on the path of the storm. plus, aide agencies reports there could be disaster as it barrels towards people in bangladesh. please stay with us.

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officials at the southern u.s. border are keeping an eye at the border. a tornado touched down at the southern border. more than a dozen people were injured and flood watches remain in effect through the area until sunday night. in southeast asia, tropical cyclone made landfall in my myanmar. the outer bands were already bringing rain and winds equivalent to a category five hurricane to parts of myanmar and bangladesh.

in bangladesh, more than 100 million people are at ris am, what is the latest? >> reporter: absolutely. it made landfall as of 12:45 local time now hitting the friction of land. some weakening but still, again, a massive tropical cyclone with wind gusts still 305 kilometers per hour moving northeast picking up speed at 26 kilometers per hour. still holding on to some warm water. these are sea surface temperatures so it's a degree to a degree and a half above. that's fuel for this kind of system until it moves completely out of the water, it's still picking up that fuel. you see all that moisture sitting in the bay of bengal. we have dryer air trying to get pulled into the system.

the system itself over the next 24 to 36 hours is pushing in weakening it to an area of basic low pressure. you are dealing with wind gusts as well as heavy rain. that will cause landslides and mudslides. the winds will start to die down moving into monday. we're picking up some of the strongest winds as it comes on shore. the heaviest wind pushes in as the outer bands pushes in. by the time we get into monday night and tuesday, we wind down with the rain. it's still scattered. you'll see the reds, the oranges, heavy rain. 100 to 150 millimeters of rainfall. even outside back into bangladesh and india, we have areas that could pick up roughly 250 millimeters of rainfall,

kim. >> thanks so much. britley ritz, appreciate it. aide agencies have launched a massive emergency plan to help people in the path of cyclones. let's get more from the u.n. principal coordinator for the royhinga refugee response in bangladesh. what do things look and feel like right now? >> reporter: well, we've been preparing for this for the past ten days. we've got food stocks as well as other items and shelter material on standby to provide refugees once the storm and once we assess how damaging the storm can be. we are getting news that the southernmost tip of bangladesh is where we are seeing the most amount. we are on high alert for the next 24 to 36 hours. >> it is cyclone season.

you are used to experiencing them. this one seems different. as we heard, the shear size and scope of what's expected. you're in the world's biggest refugee camp close to 1 million people are there. so describe how people there will be sheltering from this. >> well, the camps themselves are the largest in the world. the refugees are living in shelters made of bamboo and tarps. the shelters cannot withstand the rain and winds. they are likely to be inundated if there are heavy rains and we are terribly worried about what might just happen if the storm and the cyclone picks up at this part -- this side of the border. the government has been excellent in preparing the refugees and working with us in

setting up contingency plans. we have heavy machinery on stand by. the world food program has ready meals for the refugees if need be. unhc has materials on stand by. we are ready and able to respond to the crisis but right now it's a wait and see because the cyclone has to pass us and we have to estimate how devastating it has been on this side of the border. >> these people, they're in tarping and, you know, bamboo shelters. across the country other people are evacuating. refugees, they can't go anywhere, is that right? >> yes, it's been very, very difficult. they've been successful in evacuating a large number of people from the affected areas.

the refugees have been relocated within the camps to more sturdy shelter and other facilities that have been made available to them, but it's always a worry for us. the demand is uneven and the low lying areas are quite widespread in the camps. >> and then the problems don't end when the cyclone eventually moves off. there's the aftermath, flash flooding, mudslides. >> indeed. >> how long do you expect this emergency to last? >> it's an emergency within an emergency. we've been facing an emergency for six years and we seem to be facing an emergency for the next six if the situation continues the way it is. just this year there's been a 17% cut in the food rations for the refugees because of a funding shortage.

we expect more food cuts to happen later in the year. a couple of months ago there was a devastating fire and 16,000 refugees have lost their homes. other fires have caused others to lose their home and now we have the cyclone to deal with and the mon soon season hasn't even begun. that lasts for multiple months. the rain, did he have vamp station hand being and the refugees, he don't know how they deal with it. their resilience is remark zblabl stay sampt we wish you the best as all of the vulnerable people try to ride out the storm. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. voters in turkey are going to the polls today for elections

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin holing talks with top leaders. he met schultz earlier. fred pleitgen joins us from berlin. an important show of solidarity there. take us through where things stand right now, what they'll be discussing and what you expect to come out of this.

the. >> reporter: hi there, kim. first of all, i think you're absolutely right. i think it is very important not just for volodymyr zelenskyy but for the germans as well. it is the show off their meetings with german leaders. if you look at some of the things that have already been announced here ahead of this meeting, you can already say that at least for the ukrainians, probably for the germans as well, this has already been a big success. one of the things we've been talking about is the big weapons package. the germans have announced they are giving to ukraine. it's 2.7 billion euros. that's around $3 billion. a lot of the weapons are extr extremely popular.

i think if we look at pictures we've been seeing throughout the course of the morning, you can see how the relations between schultz and the german government and the ukrainians have come since this war started. if you recall at the beginning, germans were criticized by people allegedly not doing enough, not giving enough weapons. one of the main things we heard was that the germans wanted to give only 5,000 helmets to the ukrainians. now you see this big package of 2.7 euros. the fwergermans have come a lony and the ukrainians have as well. this is an important day for

vladimir zelenskyy. he's also later receiving one of the main european prizes as well. >> thanks so much. fred pleitgen, appreciate it. iowa almost saw duelling republican rallies on saturday night with donald trump and ron desantis set to campaign. tornado warnings forced trump to cancel his rally. desantis looked and sounded like a man running for office. >> if we make 2024 election a referendum on joe biden and his failures and if we provide a positive alternative for the

future of this country, republicans will win across the board. we focus the election on the past or other side issues, then i think the democrats are going to beat us again, and i think it will be very difficult to recover from that defeat. >> president biden delivered the commencement address on saturday at howard university at times sounding more like candidate biden. howard is one of america's oldest and most revered historically black universities. arlette saenz has the story. >> reporter: president biden delivered a commencement address from howard university but much of his speech sounded like a campaign speech as he urged graduates to consider that the battle of the soul of the nation is not yet complete. the president did not mention his predecessor donald trump by name, but he did talk about some of his traits and the moments

from privacy. he talked about people who stoke division and those who try to cling to power. he specifically referenced the clashes down in charlottesville and the remarks from the former president when he said there were very fine people on both sides. there are still the progress. >> this needs ferocious push back. that's because hate never goes away. it hides in a box. when it's given oxygen, it comes out from under the rock. that's why we know this truth as w well, silence is complicity. we cannot remain silent. we have to live through this battle of the soul of the

nation. >> reporter: there were a few graduates that protested. black voters were key in propelling president biden to the white house in 2020. they will be a key constituency. it's notable he is delivering his first address at howard university. somewhere where vice president kamala harris attended when she was in college. the president today trying to take his message of unity and be a push for progress to the black graduates at the school. arlitt saenz, cnn, the white house. we have correspondents in turkey and thailand. we are live in istanbul.

joanna, what's the mood there with so much at stake? >> kim, here in this polling center in istanbul, we have seen this constant stream of people coming in to vote. it's really busy. people are quite upbeat, opti optimistic. overall the country right now people are really anxious. this is a really, really tight race and a lot of people you speak to say this is about the future direction their country will take. there's a huge responsibility people will feel. they're coming out with a determination to have a say in the future and where their country is headed next. they've got the choices when it comes to president, two very different men, two very different visions for the country. you have president erdogan promising much of the same. what people have loved, seen, experienced over the past couple of decades is leading this

country and then you've also got the opposition that's really come together in this unique front and they are promising change. essentially reversing what they say are the past few years of one man rule and taking this country, they say, back to a real democracy. we've spoken to so many people. you see elderly coming in to vote. we have people who have been brought in. a woman came in from hospital. you've got people coming in on wheelchairs, you know, and then you've got the young voters. first-time voters. you speak to everyone, and there's so much on people's mind whether it is the -- what the country has gone through. this is a nation that has gone through so much over the past few years. even just the past few months. this is a country that has gone through a traumatic experience with the devastating earthquake and the handling of that disaster for so many, that's

really impacting how they vote and you have the state of the country's economy and the cost of living crisis. we have double digit inflation. a currency that's lost a lot of value. you have a lot of people blaming it on president erdogan's unorthodox policy. speaking to one man a short time ago, he told us that, yes, the economy is very important for him, but so are his freedoms. that is more important, he says. i can go hungry but i can't live without my freedoms. a lot of people, especially the young voters, it's about the future of the country and ensuring the turkish democracies in this country. very tight race. we'll have to wait and see how this all shakes out in the next

few hours. if neither of those candidates gets a vote, this goes to a runoff. >> thank you so much. give you a note for our international viewers, watch our special live coverage hosted by becky anderson at 7 p.m. in london. polling stations in thailand are set to close in about 90 minutes. the country's voting to choose members of a new 500 seat house of representatives. it's the first election since pro democracy elections rocked in 1920 and they are following the developments. paula, not much on the line here besides the future possibly of democracy in the country, right? >> reporter: kim, it was interesting to hear jomana

talking about the turkey elections and how freedom and democracy are important among the young generations. that's what we're seeing in thailand as well. one experts said he feels this is one of the most consequential elections in generations. you have the fight between the pro democracy alliances and then also the military-backed parties on the other side. now certainly what we have seen in polling before today, before the elections started, was that the two progressive parties, those that are calling for more progressive, more populus militaries, they were fairing the best and then when it came to the military-backed candidate, that'sth military prime minister, he was running a distant third.

it will be determined by the turnout and whether or not this will be a landslide for the more progressive parties. there are concerns in thailand where we have seen a number of coups. a dozen in the last 90 years. two in the last 20 years when there is a party in power not favored by the military. this is not something you can completely rule out in thailand. you have poutai which is the party of the shinowats dynasty. the exiled former prime minister, his daughter is running on that docket. then you have another progressive policy move forward which is going one step forward. they agreed to all of those

policies from the previous party. they also say there should be a public debate about the future of the monarchy. the world's untouchable subject of the monarchy in thailand. it was once a taboo pop pick. it is being publicly debated. this is one of the topics they are run being on. >> it will still be determined whether this is a turning point. still to come, the covid public health emergency has officially ended here in the u.s., but what tows -- does it mean for millions? we'l'll talk to a public health expert.. please stay with us.

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well, after more than three years, the covid-19 public health emergency finally ended this week in the u.s. it comes after the world health organization also announced the

virus is no longer a global health emergency. the agency is warning against becoming complacent. >> this virus is here to stay. it's still killing and it's still changing. the risk remains of new variants emerging that cause new surges in cases and the worst thing any country could do now is to use this news as the reason to let down its guard. for months in the systems it has built or to send the message to its people covid-19 is nothing to worry about. >> here's a look at how the end of the covid emergency will affect people here in the u.s. they can expect to start paying for covid-19 tests meaning they'll have to start paying for pharmaceutical treatments. when it comes to vaccines, they'll still be free. for more on this we're joined by the interim dean at

emory university school of medicine. thank you so much for being with us, doctor. just to start off, after more than three years this emergency has getting it back. it's ended viscerally. how does the symbolic moment feel. >> there is a sense of relief and confidence. we've seen millions of people die here in the united states, millions of people die globally. this is not over. the public health emergency declaration is over but the pandemic continues. the we'll still have this as a problem and we'll need to continue to think about it and do the right thing in order to have it not return as a major problem. >> it still continues. as you say, it might surprise

folks to learn right now in the u.s. more than 1,000 people die of covid per week. the lowest since the panic p lapped. treatments like packs low individual for as long as the government's supply lasts. do you have concerns what happens after that? >> i have concerns with what happens now. vaccines are free. if you are over the age of 65, the recommendation is to get another dose. the reality is only 16% of the u.s. population, 1-6 have received a bivalent booster.

we have a lot of people when the vaccines are free. what happens when you have to pay for it? what happens when your insurance stops paying for it. i would love to see people take the booster. get a swrak seen. in terms of surveillance for covid, that's going to sort of change and lessen as well, but crucially wastewater surveillance, that will continue. it was something valuable that came from this pandemic. >> that's correct. once a public health emergency is over, states o no longer have an allegation to send information.

but the cdc has set up wastewater surveillance system. so i think we're learning of waste surveillance as a great tool. >> looking back, i mean, this whole nation, we know there are many things we have to improve on. we know from previous pandemics, we always say lessons learned, never again. this time we'll be ready. vigilance and the watching, how will that continue? >> i'm very worried. cycles of anxiety followed by ignorance. we don't follow this.

congress is really on a rampage. they're not happy with what happened. we're seeing the cdc investigate and a lot of things that could put us in our place of where we are rmpt it's hesitancy around the key individual vaccine. we are seeing breaks of vaccinations dropping among children. >> that's one of the residential lessons we have learned and we've learned how much politics can influence health. we'll have to leave it there. appreciate your insights. >> no, i agree with you. we'll be right back.

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playoff game. los angeles lakers and denver nuggets will tip off tuesday. sometimes you can win a race just by finishing. in the southeast asian games in cambodia 20-year-old runner bau samnung won just by finishing. she won over the hearts of many. >> translator: on that racing day i knew i was losing. the rain was so heavy. i had the right to abandon the race but i did not because i have a duty to represent cambodia so i did not give up for the sake of the nation. i tried to reach the finish line because i wanted to show people in life even if we go slow or fast, we will reach our destination all the time.

we should not give up, we should try our best. >> since her rainy last place win she's become an inspiration to the fellow cambodians. seems like everyone wants to snap a selfie with the runner who refused to quit. a 4,000-year-old temple has been found in peru. they believe it was used for ceremonies. finally this hour, one of australia's most iconic creatures has been reintroduced to the oldest national park. on friday it was returned. the animal hasn't been seen in the area since the 1970s. four plat at that thispuss were

released. this is an egg layer. trivia for you as we wrap this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back with you with more information. please stay with us.

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