world. i m laila harrak. the u.s. border with mexico remains calm, at least for now, a day after the title 42 immigration rule came to an end. russia tries to take out a u.s.-made patriot air defense system in ukraine, but the patriot system appears to have worked as it was intended. and the eurovision song contest final is just hours away. we ll have a eurovision historian what to expect as 26 acts prepare to represent their home nations. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. good to be with you. u.s. cities along the border with mexico report fewer migrant crossings than expected on the first day since title 42 expired. the covid-era policy allowed authorities to swiftly expel most migrants. federal officials say there was no substantial increase overnight or an influx at midnight friday morning when title 42 expired. still, leaders of border cities are calling on the federal government and lawmakers to address the problems with th
general jack keane but breaking tonight, house republicans looking into what they call the weaponization of the federal government. they say federal employees, fbi employees specifically who have talked about it, have faced retaliation. it s another blow to the bureau that s already enduring greater scrutiny in the wake of the special counsel conclusion that it should not have opened an investigation into the trump-russia collusion case. the john durham report. democrats on that committee today called it a lot of hot air in one of the most heathed hearings on the hill in years. correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, geographic to you. witnesses told congress stories of retaliation and intimidation because they questioned a prominent investigation. meanwhile, this letter obtained by fox news is from the fbi and explains that these men policy why their security clearances were revoked. the fbi suspended secu
hello. happy mother s day to all the moms out there. thank you for joining us today. we begin with the votes being counted in turkey s presidential election. the race could have global repercussions by reshaping the country s domestic and foreign relationships. president erdjon is leading. he and his opposition claim to be leading. let s check in at istanbul. reporter: very preliminary results are beginning to trickle out. vote counting is continuing and we expect in the coming hours to get the preliminary results of this presidential vote. the whole is anxiously awaiting the results. we ll find out what the turks decided to vote for today. did they decide to vote for more of the same, for the promise that the president will continue on the same path for this country, or are they did they decide to go for the opposition that promised change to reverse the past two years and they say a return to real democracy, or is this divided, polarized nation headed towards a run-off?
president zelensky s visit to the uk in the last couple of hours, he is at chequers with the uk prime minister, rishi sunak. chequers is the countryside rural retreat of the sitting uk prime minister, and they were there to discuss, of course, ukraine s war with russia and the continuing support that the uk and other countries will provide. we got a little nudge about what their priorities were, because now we know, this phrase i am sure we are going to be hearing a lot more of, jets coalition. . they posed for a couple of words to but then the real talks got under way when our cameras were out of the room. they spoke for a couple of hours then afterwards they came out and president zelensky decided to talk about this phrase, jets coalition, saying that ukraine can t control the skies ahead of any counteroffensive with russia. one of his big priorities now is is this jets coalition, fighterjets are essentially. we have some reaction from russia. let s take a look at what they
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with remarkable new insights into ukraine s president and the desire to hit russia on home soil. the washington post said president zelenskyy has suggested bold attacks behind closed doors including blowing up a pipeline and attempting to occupy russian border villages to gain over moscow. zelenskyy made such suggestions months ago. still, the pentagon did not dispute the authenticity of the leaked materials. this comes as we re getting new signs that the long-awaited ukrainian counter offensive could be getting underway soon. sources tell cnn, ukraine has begun shaping operations and cnn s sam kyly has more details on that. reporter: there have been signs, i think, very clearly now, that there are shaping operations going on ahead of a summer offensive by ukraine to try to recapture this territory that was taken by the russians. both in 2014 and more recently last year. what we ve seen is psychologi