. >> i'm holly williams in berlin.n today's german elections, elon musk has thrown his support behind the far right alternative for germany. >>> plus, intense influenza. >> i'm elise preston in burbank, california, with a closer look at what's driving the worst flu season in years. >>> and later, lights dim on the legendary home of the celebrity roast. >> i'm alys bowman in the old friar's club, where decades of laughs are up in the air. >> friar's club roast johnny carson. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jericka duncan. thanks for joining us on this sunday. all eyes are on rome tonight, as the world's catholics pray for pope francis. the 88-year-old remains in critical condition suffering from pneumonia in both lungs, the vatican describing his condition as, quote, complex. today the faithful gathered at masses to pray for the pope, including at new york's saint patrick's cathedral and in the city of his birth. the pontiff has been in the hospital since febru

cbs's holly williams is in berlin. >> reporter: it's the afd's best result since the party was establishedust 12 years ago. during the campaign the party's leader, alice weidel, pledged to carry out the mass deportation of immigrants. popular with some voters who believe germany's let in too many too quickly. recent violent attacks by asylum seekers have fueled their frust frustration. but in a country that spent decades coming to terms with its nazi history many are outraged. >> the far right is taking more and more control of our country, and i'm really worried history is repeating. >> reporter: german intelligence has placed the afd under surveillance for suspected extremism, and germany's mainstream parties have vowed not to form a coalition with them. despite that vice president j.d. vance met with the afd's leader in germany this month and urged europe to stop isolating far right parties. >> if you're running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing america can do for you. >> reporter: elon musk publicly endorsed the afd, making a virtual appearance at one of their campaign event

holly williams reports from berlin. >> reporter: it's the afd's best result in national elections sincear right party was founded just 12 years ago. during the campaign the afd's leader, alice weidel, pledged to carry out the mass deportation of immigrants. many germans, though, are outraged. their country spent decades confronting its nazi history. >> we know what happened in germany in the '30s, and it feels a bit like this is happening again. and that makes me really afraid of the future. >> reporter: one of the afd's regional leaders used a nazi slogan at campaign events. german intelligence has placed the party under surveillance for suspected extremism. and germany's mainstream politicians have vowed not to form a coalition with them. but earlier this month vice president j.d. vance met with the afd's leader and urged europe to stop isolating far right parties. >> if you're running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing america can do for you. >> reporter: elon musk has gone further and publicly endorsed the afd. >> i think you're really the best hope for germany. >> reporte

. >> maurice: and weijia, our holly williams recently reported from ukraine.nd ukrainians exhausted by the war but still pretty resolute. zelenskyy, of course, is under all kinds of pressure. how did the call between trump and zelenskyy go today? >> reporter: well, zelenskyy described the conversation he had with trump on the phone as "meaningful," and he expressed optimism that the u.s. could help broker a peace deal. he also added that trump shared the details of his conversation with putin. and it's those details that really matter because we don't have insight into under what conditions this war is actually going to end, but we do know that trump mentioned today several times that zelenskyy does face that pressure and could be up for reelection. >> john: weijia, as you suggested in your question in the oval office, it feels like ukraine's getting pushed out of this deal. >> reporter: well, the administration has already said publicly that they do not believe the two things that ukraine really wants, which is to join nato after the war and to overtake some