on tuesday. and pope francis is expected to participate in palm sunday mass at st peter s basilica just a day after leaving the hospital. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. and we begin with those powerful storms that battered parts of the u. s. and the death toll is rising yet again, at least 22 people were killed, dozens more injured after tornadoes and storms hit on friday and saturday, the latest fatality just hours ago in delaware, and this is what it looks like in wynne, arkansas, where four people were killed. the mayor told cnn. her city was basically cut in half by the damage the storm so powerful it ripped the turf off the football field at the high school. similar scenes in the state capital little rock, where at least one person was killed and 50 hospitalist. many of the tornado s moving so quickly. people had little time to prepare like this driver who rode out the storm in his van. neighbors and neighborhoods and businesses were dec
nypd there, certainly familiar with the practices that come with transporting former presidents in and out of new york city. however given the unusual circumstances, our colleague john miller, reporting that there is very likely that the booking process will be modified that we do expect the former president to travel here come tuesday to face those charges. he would be taken upstairs in the building that used to behind me to detective squad fingerprinted. then taken before an arraignment judge and then potentially be released on a pr bonds. it s certainly everything that we expect come tuesday in terms of the security presidency will only continue to grow as we get closer to that day. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. pope francis joked with reporters after he was discharged from the hospital coming up an update on his health as the vatican gears up for the start of the holiest week in the christian calendar. also the wall street journal urging russia to release one of its reporters. when
war, but in particular since then there s a couple of branches of the ukrainian orthodox church. there s the originally moscow affiliated branch, which is called the ukrainian orthodox church, which officially split from the moscow patriarchy in may of last year. of course, the moscow patriarchy very pro war. patriarch kirill, a very close ally of vladimir putin has called this holy war, so the ukrainian branch split with that. but the authorities in ukraine still believed that they have ties, and they have now accused the metropolitan pavlo, who runs the key of picturesque monastery in the center of cave that famous golden domed building. they ve accused him of inciting religious hatred, justifying and denying russia s armed aggression. you can see him in a hearing and hear the wind, which he appeared on saturdays now being fitted. with an ankle bracelet, very politically charged because it s coming at the same time, michael is he and his allies are refusing to leave that monastery in
this will come with major logistical and security considerations. security for example, we have seen the last several days, the nypd set up additional lights, additional cameras surrounding the building behind me, which is where those court proceedings will be housed in tuesday, according to several sources. we have also witnessed an increased nypd presence surrounding the building, as well as court officers that have been asked to work through the weekend. also what you don t see behind the scenes, which is the intelligence operation, intelligence officials scouring the internet, identify any potential threats, and we also know that governor kathy hulk opens state of new york has reached out to new york city officials and offering state resources should that be needed , though the new york city mayor s office, making it very clear that they have not identified any credible threats so far in terms of the logistics, it s certainly going to be a massive undertaken when it comes to what w
apparently raising their flag near the center of back move, but that battle is far from over. how significant is it? michael. not the first time we ve seen vagner video emerging of a wagner flag being raised over by mahmoud this was posted on saturday to have wagner affiliated telegram channel. it shows the flag being flown on a building, which is just west of the bomb. vodka river, which sort of backs up reports that we ve seen coming out of both sides in the last few days. that russia has taken up positions along that river potentially even crossed in certain places, which is relatively significant . but this is if you look closer, only a few blocks away from neighborhoods that we already knew to be in russian control, so it shows just how incremental and slow and grinding this battle is. we know that the destruction in that town is intense. i think the snow somewhat masks it in that video, and we know that there s been a lot of expenditure of manpower and ammunition. on both