drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >>> and cnn goes into kharkiv where ukrainian troops are trading artillery fire with russian soldiers. plus a call for action amid a growing food crisis. what the head of the world food program is asking russia to do. that's next. >>> ukraine is now slamming russia for making it easier for ukrainians in some occupied regions to obtain russian citizenship. on wednesday russian president vladimir putin signed a decree streamlining the process for issuing passports. he was also seen in video released by the kremlin making a rare visit to a military hospital. mr. putin wearing a medical gown spoke with soldiers wounded in ukraine. this as the fighting on the ground grinds on. ukraine reports an intense offensive by russian forces in eastern ukraine as they attempt to seize the key town of lyman in the donetsk region. in the luhansk region there's been fierce battles with one military official saying shelling has increased exponentially. and in the kharkiv region officials say two people were killed and seven injured by russian shelling in the town on the front l

cnn spent millions of dollars on its new streaming service, cnn+. but within weeks, it had been canned. and as that was stopping, well, rupert murdoch was starting something. he's launched talk tv in the uk, with a familiar face at the centre of it. welcome to viewers around the world. i'm piers morgan and i'm uncensored. as nelson mandela might have said, it's been a long walk to freedom of speech. and i'm back with a night nightly form of fabulous guests, fearless talk and yes, some fun. talk tv, twitter, cnn+ — in a broad way, these are all parts of the same challenge as we try and work out how we are going to consume news and discuss the news in the future. where will we be doing that, which companies will we be paying for their services? let's begin with vivian schiller, executive director at aspen digital. vivian, you've held senior positions at cnn and twitter, so you're a perfect person to start with. were you surprised by those two stories? one of them i saw coming a mile away, and the other one completely took me off guard, is the summar

paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> texas defense attorney tells cnn prosecutors have a tough job ahead in looking at whether the police response rises to the level of criminality. >> own though there is a natural reluctance on the part of prosecutors to second guess cops particularly in a situation where it wasn't conduct but an omission, make no mistake, in texas you can be prosecuted for omission if you have a legal duty to act. these officers had a legal duty to prevent the commission of that crime by using whatever reasonable force was necessary. this is not a situation where an officer shoots a suspect thinking it was a taser. this is a situation where, for those agonizing minutes, nothing of substance happened. i was on the phone today with a senior ranger who actually made the scene and was there for 14 hours who said, look, in the 22 years since columbine, law enforcement knows in dealing with an active shooter there is one play to make, and that is to attract, fire, even if it makes you take a slug and take the shooter out asap. that didn't happen in this case. and again, it i

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta this is "cnn newsroom", i'm john vause. texas officials are facing growing criticism for two days inconsistency and confusing major changes to details. did police engage with the shooter as he entered the school, tuesday and wednesday the answer was yes, by thursday, no, he was never confronted by a school resource officer or anyone, it never happened. it took up to an hour for the gunman killed during that time police were negotiating with the suspect keeping his pinned but later said they didn't know his exact location for immediate take down and video outside the school show parents pleading with police to enter and save the kids and one woman put in handcuffs and another tackled by police and thrown to a ground and a third pepper sprayed. >> as a father i would have just went in. i don't need nobody tell me to go in defend harmless children, why wait? >> cnn jason carol begins our coverage timeline how the massacre unfolded. >> 11:21 tuesday i just shot my grandma in her head he wrote to a girl online. it was the start

sara sidner, cnn. >>> now to a cnn exclusive. the chairman of the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol is giving us some insight now into testimony from the former president's daughter, ivanka trump. house democrat bennie thompson tells cnn the testimony was not against donald trump himself, but it was useful in confirming other key testimony about what was going on inside the white house on that day. and thompson said this, quote, there were questions asked about what was -- what she was doing at the time that the insurrection was occurring at the capitol and she told us. they asked certain questions about her awareness of what her father was doing, she told us, so, in that respect, we've been able to fill in a lot of gaps. now, in addition to ivanka trump, her brother donald trump jr. is also expected to testify and work is under way to schedule his appearance. >>> a warrant has been issued for an alabama corrections officer after she and an inmate went missing from a detension c

cnn's ed lavandera picks up the story. >> i was misled. i am livid by what happened. >> reporter: scexplosive reacti from the texas governor. >> the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i'm absolutely livid about that. and it is imperative that the leaders of the investigations about exactly what happened get down to the very second of exactly what happened with 100% accuracy. >> reporter: the governor's press conference coming after the texas department of public safety said police were wrong in waiting to go in and eliminate an active shooter after he'd started killing teachers and students. >> it was the absolute wrong decision. there's no excuse for that. texas embraces active shooter train, active shooter certification. every officer lives up, starcks up, goes and keeps shooting until the subject is dead, period. >> reporter: the decision to pack down was made by the school district's chief of police. >> it's believed, you know, that in fact was a barricaded subject, that we had time, that there were n

we'll take a look. ♪ live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >>> thank you for joining us. for the second time, u.s. president biden and the first lady mourned alongside grieving and devastated families who lost their loved ones in a mass shooting in a texas town of uvalde. the bidens laid flowers outside robb elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed last week. mr. biden and the first lady also attended mass where jill biden could be seen reaching out and touching the hands of several people as they walk out the isle. outside the church, some gathered, urged the president to do something to which he responded, "we will," take a listen . >> cnn is following development and has more now from uvalde. >> president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday trying to offer some sense of solis and comfort to the families grieving the loss of those 19 young children and two teachers gunned down here at robb elementary school last tuesday. the president and the first lady spent about three hours meeting with surv

we are live in lviv with the latest. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. well, the high profile u.s. republican senate race in the key swing state of pennsylvania remains too close to call, and it will likely be days before a winner is announced. tv dr. mehmet oz holds an extremely narrow lead, some 1200 votes over former hedge fund executive dave mccormick. but former u.s. president donald trump, who endorsed oz, is already urging him to declare victory. last week and having a defibrillator implanted on election day. >> now, you may have noticed, i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state. >> reporter: the ballot counting here in lancaster is over for now and will pick back up at 9:00 a.m. thursday. right around 4,000 ballots still remain to be counted and officials expect to finish that count at some point thursday. athena jones, cnn, lancaster, pennsylvania. >> earlier, i asked cnn political analyst ron brownstein who is likely to win this race once all the votes are counted. >> well,

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this is "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. just ahead -- >> translator: russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles, a large number of conventional military vehicles. >> ukraine's president reveals what he calls the extent of russia's losses in putin's war of choice. this as the first war crimes trial against a russian soldier begins. >>> plus, amid the world's harshest covid lockdown, we get a glimpse of the emotional and mental toll it's having on families. >>> and as parents in the u.s. struggle to find baby formula, we'll tell you how the white house is responding to the shortage. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over the past 24 hours. he says the russians are paying a heavy price for their aggression. here he is. >> translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers, many of them young conscripts. r

you're watching "cnn newsroom," and i'm rosemary church. we begin with the tragedy in a small texas community and an entire country in mourning. the investigation into tuesday's deadly school shooting is raising new questions about why it happened, why it keeps happening in the u.s., and how law enforcement responded. ♪

this is gary tuchman, cnn, in san francisco. >>> and now a cnn exclusive. a junior officer in the russian military says he is overwhelmed by shame and guilt for the unprovoked invasion of a peaceful country and risked it all by resigning the commission and walking away. cnn's suzanne malveaux is in ukraine with the story. suzanne? >> reporter: good evening, pam. exclusive to cnn, a russian junior officer who speaks that he is anonymous to protect the safety and the identity speaking to cnn saying he was a part of the unit february 22nd the troop build-up along the border with ukraine and that evening that they were order ds to give over the cell phones and lost communication with the world and ordered to paint the "zs" on the vehicles to symbolize the invasion and no idea that that was in fact the mission. the following day in crimea. he didn't know they were going to move forward but on february 24th he says, yes, he was part of the launch of the war inside ukraine and said many comrades and himself did not understand the goal. he tells cnn, quoting here,

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rosa flores, cnn along the u.s.-mexico border. >>> heartbreaking time to come in buffalo, new york after last week's hate-filled mass shooting that claimed the lives of ten people. on friday, people began to bid their final farewell to victims. hayward patterson was a father of three. he is the first of ten victims to be laid to rest. the 67-year-old taxi driver was waiting for passengers outside the supermarket where the shooting occurred. his nephew told cnn that patterson, quote, took pride in helping people, and that he would give people rides if they had little more money or none at all. patterson worked as a deacon at his church and was described by another deacon there as someone who was, quote, a provider not only for his family, but for the community. deacon said hayward patterson will be sorely missed. >>> still ahead for us here on "cnn newsroom," we take you to a village outside kharkiv where the russians have pulled back, but are now shelling with incendiary bombs. that story next. with parodontax activ

ryan young, cnn, houston, texas. >>> ashton p. woods is the he co-founder of black lives matter in houston, texas and he's been involved in organizing those protests against the nra that we were just looking at right there. he is joining me now live from houston, and i really thank you for being here on the end of what i'm sure was a long day. we heard some things there in that report already from the nra conference. but you know, just to repeat some of them, you've heard them all before, right? here's the -- what they're saying. their quote, what stops armed bad guys is armed good guys. you heard it from ted cruz. the existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens. and then some very passed pleas saying hell no, we will not go and you will not take them. >> so given all this, it is surprising to me that outside there in houston that some people are now saying that there is hope, that there might be a middle way, that some kind of reform is possible. what do you think? and what does that best case sc

. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." >>> where the port city of odesa appears to be the target of a ramped up russian attack, including cruise missiles fired from the air and sea. on monday, multiple missile strikes reported throughout the day. many analysts believe russia wants to capture all of ukraine's black sea ports. in mariupol, ukrainian fighters say they're still folding out at that besieged steel plant. government video shows a ukrainian flag still flying over the iron and steel works, though cnn cannot independently verify it's still there. and video from kharkiv sees the aftermath of an attack on a convoy that killed several people. authorities say they lost contact with the convoy on friday. for the very latest in ukraine, let's bring in isa soares in lviv. good to see you, lisa. >> good morning, john. vladimir putin delivered a defiant victory day speech on monday. many analysts have feared that mr. putin would use the holiday to expand the war in ukraine or make a major announcement. instead instead, what we heard was putin doubling down, repeating baseles

cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i will have the other top stories, including clashes between israelis and palestinians after another week of deadly virus. will take you live to jerusalem. >> welcome to the show, everyone. it is 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we begin where hope is finally arriving for hundreds of civilians trapped inside a bombed out steel plant and that the seas to city. on sunday, ukraine's president said more than 100 people were able to escape. we have just learned that city officials will be attempting another evacuation convoy soon. the u.n. and red cross are assisting in those evacuation efforts. local authorities had to put the operations on pause on sunday night for security reasons. that is what they are saying. the ukrainian commander said that russian forces began firing on the plant as soon as sundays evacuations were done. that is in mariupol. to the west, we witnessed hundreds of people fleeing their homes in russian occupied our son. meanwhile, russian shelling has been hammering towns in eas

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> still to come here on the show, cnn gets exclusive access sent by the texas gunman minutes before the rampage telling a teenage girl in germany exactly what he planned to do. that story after a short break. are you watching "cnn newsroom". >>> officials in uvalde, texas, have begun families planning funerals. 19 young children and two teachers were killed before the fateful shooter was killed. why an 18-year-old high school dropout with no known history of mental illness would unleash such carnage of the senseless children. the gunman shot and wounded his grandmother and drove to the elementary school where he was engaged by several officers. after dropping a mag of ammunition, he managed to get inside with a powerful rifle and started firing. authorities say he was barricaded for 40 minutes before they moved in and ended the rampage. we are also learning more about messages the gunman sent minutes before his rampage. cnn got a series of looks at text messages telling her exactly what he was about to do. details now from cnn's drew griffin. >> reporter:

cnn shared with the u.s. state department our findings, noting the lack of action taken against the colonel and other russian generals. they would not comment on those acts or other information reviewed but say they continue to track and assess war crimes and reports of ongoing violence and human rights abuses. >>> united nations now outs a number of ukrainians -- counts the number of ukrainians at more than 6 million people. another 8 million people, nearly one-fifth of ukraine's pre-war population, are currently displaced within the country. u.n. fears millions more will be forced to leave ukraine just to stay alive. many arriving at border crossings with only the clothes they have and the belongings they can carry. if you would like to safely and securely help the people of ukraine, please go to cnn.com/impact and there you'll find a number of ways you can help. >>> still to come here on cnn, thousands gather to mourn the death of an al jazeera journalist killed in the west bank. palestinian leaders now pr

. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over just the past 24 hours. he says the russian military is paying a heavy price for its aggression. >> translator: today we can report 200 downed russian military aircraft. russia has not lost so many aircraft in any war in decades, and russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. >> ukraine also says russian troops continue to retreat from around the city of kharkiv in the north. farther south, ukraine claims it successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river. you're looking at drone video there showing pontoon bridges destroyed. also tanks and other heavy equipment destroyed as well. meanwhile, russia's top general and the u.s. defense secretary spoke by phone for an hour on saturday, their first chat since the war began. the pentagon says secretary lloyd austin again appealed for a ceasefire and to keep the lines of communication open. all right. let's look clo

cnn can't confirm. ukrainian president zelenskyy called it the epitome of russian evil and stupidity. >>> as russian troops withdraw from around kharkiv. on friday, one town was hit with incendiary missions. >> reporter: putin would choke the light and life out of here, we're driving into the smoke of an incendiary munition attack in this village. home, field, even the air itself, torched. she said she saw it falling from the sky and her neighbor hit. >> reporter: the munition which burns hot through everything in its path came after heavy normal shelling that makes you question so much here why russia needed to heat fire on top of heavy explosive, it hit ten minutes ago, this man says, pointing away. some left bewildered, others in the first moments of shock. value tina is have matter of fact as she describes what happened. >> reporter: she shows the courtyard where a man lies. she points to the body just behind the tree and then says who he is. >> reporter: victor has rushed to check on their neighbor

this is "cnn newsroom." >> live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> u.s. president joe biden is expected to land in south korea next hour to begin his very first asia trip as president. he'll spen most of the weekend in the country holding talks with the new south korean president before heading to japan, where he'll be meeting with japan's prime minister as well as indian and australian leaders. officials say the trip to asia comes later in his presidency than he might have liked, but biden plans to, in his words, quote, affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. cnn's kivevin liptak is live fr seoul. it's taken a while for him to make his first trip in his presidency. >> he is certainly coming over later than his recent predecessor, and probably a little later than he would have liked to. president biden has tried to make asia a center of his foreign policy, just like president obama did. just like president trump did. but he has been stymied somewhat by these other foreign crises like ukraine, like the withdrawal from afghanistan. so this is r

. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with john vause. >>> vladimir putin's three-day war is now into day 85 and appears to be going nowhere, with one nato official saying momentum is shifting in favor of ukraine. overall, nato says the war is at a standstill for now, neither side expected to make major gains. one area of progress for ukraine is a counter offensive in the kharkiv region. ukraine's military says another settlement has been retaken and russian forces continue to be pushed back. just eight miles from the russian boarder in the kharkiv region, this video shows a russian tank on fire and was hit by ukrainian fighters. further south in the lieu hansing region, ukraine has destroyed a number of bridges to slow a russian advance. russia says nearly 1,000 fighters have surrendered pat the steel plant in mariupol. most of them now held in russian-controlled territory in donetsk. ukraine has been negotiating in the hopes of a prisoner exchange with the russians. ukrainian counter offensive around the northern city o

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live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. >> today marks one week since 21 innocent lives were cut short by a gunman who opened fire inside an elementary school in uvalde texas. in the hours ahead, the first funeral will be held in the devastated community. one day after grieving family gathered for visitations or two of the young victims. more visitation and funerals are planned in the week ahead. but some of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the horrific shooting. but amid the grief, there is growing anger over the police response. as the justice department to repair first a lot to review a law enforcement actions. cnn's, adrian bowed, us has more. >> we are now getting our first glimpse at some of the information relate to officers outside. robb elementary. school as a massacre was unfolding on the inside. abc news obtained a portion of video that appears to be audio from one 9-1-1 operator relaying information from a child inside the classroom. >> you have a child -- he is in the room for. b

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. ♪ live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for being with us. today marks one week since 21 innocent lives were cut short by a gunman who opened fire inside an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the first funeral will be held in the devastated community one day after grieving families gathered for visitations. more visitations and funerals are planned in the week ahead. 19 students and two teachers killed in the horrific shooting. ? the unimaginable heartbreak and grieving now mixed with growing anger as new details continue to emerge. lucy kavanof has more. >> reporter: a chaotic scene as police rushed to evacuate children. dispatch audio were aware that kids were still trapped inside. >> i am here. he's in a room. >> more devastating details from officials of at least two children calling 911 multiple times, pleading for help as the gunman is still inside the school for more than an hour before police enter a classroom and killed him. >> the border patrol decides to go in without orders from the police chief and command. >> at that point the

you're watching "cnn newsroom," and i'm rosemary church. we begin with the tragedy in a small texas community and an entire country in mourning. the investigation into tuesday's deadly school shooting is raising new questions about why it happened, why it keeps happening in the u.s., and how law enforcement responded. ♪ >> residents of uvalde, texas, are holding vigils for the 19 children and two teachers gunned down inside robb elementary school by an 18-year-old high school dropout. and people are leaving flowers and balloons at a makeshift memorial outside the school in the largely latino community not far from the border with mexico. and we are learning the names of some of the victims, mostly 9 and 10-year-old children. the justice of the peace in uvalde says some of the bodies are being released to funeral homes as families make their arrangements. more now on the investigation from cnn's jason carol. >> reporter: 11:21 a.m., the time stamp from a text message the gunman sent saying he's just shot his grandmother. >> the gunman was

you are live in the cnn newsroom live on this sunday. and we're following several major news stories for you in the next two hours, starting in florida, where a suspected case of monky pox is detected. families are forced to ration supplies. >>> meantime, cnn is traveling with president biden in asia, where there are concerns north korea could stage another nuclear test during his trip. >>> and pennsylvania senate candidate john fetterman more determined than ever to flip a senate seat for democrats of being discharged from the hospital. >>> plus, johnny depp set to take the stand again in the defamation trial against his ex-wife amber heard. >>> and this just into cnn, the biden administration accepts a second flight equipment with 114 pellets to washington dulles airport. the exact timing will be announced later. earlier today, to the first shipment landed in indianapolis carrying 35 tons of precious baby formula. so it's a very specific and specialized formula, meant only for children with certain severe allergies. and that means none

you are watching cnn newsroom, and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, russia's offensive in eastern ukraine stalls as ukrainian forces claim success in countering attacks on a number of fronts. the. >>> the power of donald trump's endorsement is put to the test in two key primaries, but this time the former president suffered his first big loss of the election season. >>> and president joe biden says fighting inflation is his top priority, with gas prices at record highs and a key piece of economic data coming in just a few hours from now. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. >> and we begin with breaking news from eastern ukraine where the mayor of slovensk reports missile strikes on two areas of the city. there are no casualties so far and the damage is still being assessed. meanwhile, ukraine claims its forces holding back the forces in the donbas region and recapturing territory in and around kharkiv. ukraine's second biggest city has been the scene of some intense fighting. drone footage shows ukrainian

david chalian, cnn washington. >> david, thank you. and former secretary of state and democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton giving a stark warning that if roe is overturned, it will only be the beginning and that more rights will be rolled back. here's what she told cbs. >> this opinion is dark. it is incredibly dangerous, and it is not just about a woman's right to choose. it is about much more than that and any american who says look, i'm not a woman, this doesn't affect me. i'm not black that doesn't affect me, i'm not gay that doesn't affect me. once you allow this kind of extreme power to take hold, you have no idea who they will come for next. >> my next guest calls the possibility of roe versus wade being overturned both devastating and horrific. back in the 1960s before attorney gloria allred was a household name and before roe v. wade was the law of the land, she was raped at gunpoint, became pregnant and had a back alley abortion. she later represented norma mckor vee, the woman known to millions as jane roe. gloria

>>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello, everyone, i'm john vause at the cnn center in atlanta. we begin this hour with breaking news of a fast-moving wildfire sweeping across southern california. a mandatory evacuation order is now in effect for some neighborhoods and cnn affiliate kabc reports some 20 homes, some reported as multimillion dollar mansions, are now engulfed in flame. the fire broke out about ten hours ago and an hour later had dramatically increased in size, spread by strong, gusty winds. as of last report, about 200 acres were burning with zero containment. >> when you have that strong of wind blowing that fire uphill and if you're familiar with that area, it is extremely steep. extremely thick vegetation that has not burned in probably decades. once it's got ahold, and started up that hill, i think we all saw that, as soon as i got to my headquarters, you could see the tremendous smoke column and we knew we had a significant fire. >> okay, this is the live scene right now of what's happening in the laguna hills area. this is the orange county area of colorado.

you're watching "cnn newsroom." and just ahead, the white house walks back joe biden's promise the u.s. would intervene militarily if china attacks taiwan, causing confusion and concern ahead of a summit between the u.s., japan, australia, and india. >>> revenge fantasy. of all the primary races across the u.s., it's the state of georgia where donald trump wants a win for his endorsed candidates. >>> and a love triangle turns into tragedy. an elite cyclist is dead and u.s. marshals now looking for the woman accused of murdering her. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with john vause. >>> right now, the second in-person summit of the quad this year is under way in tokyo. leaders of this informal alliance between the u.s., japan, australia, and india, will soon head into a working lunch and then one-on-one meetings after that. just a day earlier, the u.s. president launched a new partnership aimed at boosting trade ties with several asia-pacific countries, all part of a push to bolster u.s. alliances in

cnn london. >>> we should note cnn has tried to reach spacey's representative. they did not respond for comment. >>> hollywood's actor of "good fellas" ray liotta has died. >> what do you do. >> i'm in construction. >> if you wanted something you took it didn't even think about it. >> he played so well it became his trademark role. he denied he was a fighter. i was called mushy inside. according to publicist he died in his sleep in dominican republic where he was filter. -- filming a movie. he leaves his fiancÉe and daughter behind. he was 67. you're watching "cnn newsroom", back with a lot more news shortly. everyone remembers the moment they heard... “you have cancer.” how their world stopped and when they found a way to face it. for some, this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda - a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat certain cancers. one of those cancers is advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer where keytruda is approved to be used with certain chemotherapies as your first treatment if you do not have an abnormal “egfr” o

>>> "cnn newsroom." i'm paula newton. coming up, america is mourning over the tragic shootings in uvalde, as president biden makes his way there to pay his respects in the coming hours. >>> we take you to the front lines in the battle for kharkiv. you'll hear why ukraine is insisting peace will only happen on its own terms. >>> voters in colombia get ready to choose a new president as the country tries to come to terms with a painful pass. past. >>> we begin in uvalde, texas, a community still very much in mourning, beset by grief after the massacre that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead at an elementary school. amid the devastation we're also seeing an outpouring of support for the community. on saturday, you see them there, a long line of mourners waited to lay flowers at a memorial site that was set up outside the robb elementary school. 21 empty chairs placed outside a local business. one, of course, for each life lost during tuesday's deadly rampage. as the community and the nation reel from yet another mass shoot

cnn's dr. sanjay gupta reports on how she's bouncing back in today's "the human factor." >> reporter: the basketball court is a second home for julia williams. >> if something happened with a familiar member or you're just emotional or depressed, i shoot and listen to music. basketball gets my mind clear. >> reporter: earlier on ja is'leah felt she was a little better than the people she was playing against. >> i would just run up the court but they couldn't catch me. i would make the lay-up. i'll miss it, i still have a second chance to go back up. >> reporter: it's a sport she's lucky to be playing. >> my mom, as i got older, she saw that i would have a little bit of a bone popping out and she got it checked out. >> reporter: the diagnosis, scoliosis. ju'leah needed surgery to her spine. the surgery was a success. there was an unexpected upside. she was a couple of inches taller. >> it really helped, because the inches, the way i jumped, it helps, i get rebounds. i'm trying to dump, that's wh

., and all around the world, you are watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, u.s. president biden is in tokyo boosting ties with allies, and strategizing about how to counter china. we are live in tokyo with the latest. we will take you live to the latest on russia's devastating war in ukraine. the morning, the loss, and the effort to rebuild. plus the first batch of much- needed baby formula has landed in america with more on the way but, the problem is far from solved. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. we begin in japan where u.s. president joe biden is making a hard push for strengthening economic alliances as he tackles the second leg of a high-stakes diplomatic tour in asia. earlier mister biden wrapped up a meeting with japanese prime minister, during their meeting, mister biden endorsed japan's plan to bolster its defense capabilities as it keeps a wary eye on china's growing military footprint. the two leaders also affirmed their commitment to the indo pacific economic framework, a plan mister

selina wang, cnn, china. >>> new satellite images obtained by cnn indicate north korea restarted construction along dormant nuclear reactor. the images show new building activity second reactor. it's about ten times larger than the existing reactor that remained unfinished under a decades old agreement with the u.s. if completed, it could incrkcre pyongyang's ability to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. >>> from intense fires to severe storms, the u.s. saw a lot of extreme weather this week. the latest from the weather center after the break. >>> plus, south africa is experiencing a devastating flood season, and scientists are blaming climate change. we'll have details ahead. stay with us. to celebrate salonpas day and our mission to improve people's lives through topical pain relief we invite you to try our powerful, long-lasting patch for muscle and joint pain, get your free sample at trysalonpas.com hisamitsu dove knows we damage our hair a lot my hair i curl it. i have to use a lot of heat new dove hair therapy shampoo & conditioner with ceramide & peptide. it nourishes at a cellular

you're watching "cnn newsroom." now more evacuations are planned in the coming day from the azovstal steel plant where the ukrainian last defenders have been holed up for weeks now, along with civilians too of course. about 50 civilians were rescued on friday. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy saying he's working on diplomatic options in the hopes of getting soldiers out safely as well. meanwhile, soviet era statues and russian flags have been popping up in that port city ahead of russia's victory day holiday on monday. the day marks the defeat of nazi germany in world war ii and western officials think vladimir putin could use the occasion to make a major announcement that he would escalate the conflict. all of this as satellite images show russia excavating the mariupol theater, which was bombed back in march. the ukrainian officials are saying that 300 people was taking shelter inside were killed. now this was hit by an apparent russian strike, despite the words "children" written in large letters outsi

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cnn's john harwood live at the white house. john, with these new white house discussions for the president to come here. >> john, we'll wait for the details exactly when the president decides to make that trip. it will repeat the trip he made just days ago to buffalo for the other of the two mass shootings that bracketed his trip to asia to both japan and south korea. the president alluded to buffalo last night. he also alluded to the larger string of shootings that have bracketed his years as vice president and president, most notably, newtown. he repeated as well, the argument for an assault weapons ban which is something he helped to pass as a senator in 1994 only to see it expire a decade later. >> the idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is just wrong. what in god's name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill someone? they aren't running through the forest with kevlar vests on, for god's sake. >> reporter: now, a much different republican party provided significant co

this is according to cnn's calculations, based on official date. a we know right now 32 cities across china are under some form of lockdown. full or partial lockdown. affecting up to 220 million people across china. and amid these tightened restrictions in china, cases are actually not falling. in fact, we just got the latest covid numbers out from the national health commission. they say on thursday, cases in shaping high rose from 1349 to 2096. beijing remains at its daily average of 50 cases. it was just earlier this week we heard from the director general of the world health organization saying that china's zero covid policy is not sustainable. china fired back calling those comments irresponsible. china is not showing any indication that it is willing to give up on this tough zero covid policy. it appears to be ramping up this controversial policy. back to you. >> all right. thank you. appreciate it. >>> the president of south korea is offering to help north korea with its covid outbreak with medical vaccines and supplies. the reclusive nation

you are watching cnn "newsroom." texas police are facing intense scrutiny over their response to the uvalde school massacre as we learn the gunman entered the school without any resistance. and it took more than an hour for officers to shoot and kill him. authorities say during that incredibly painful 60 minutes, police were calling for back up. evacuating students and teachers from other parts of the school. even negotiating with the suspect. but they didn't have enough information on his exact location for an immediate take down. video from the school from outside the school meantime shows parents screaming at police to storm the school. the "wall street journal" talked to one parent who says she was put in handcuffs. police tackled another parent and threw them to the ground. and a third was pepper sprayed. police insist their actions inside the school did save lives. >> the american people need to understand that officers are making entry into the building. they do not know where the gunman is. they're hearing gu

. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn "newsroom" with john vause. >>> 11 weeks on since russia invaded ukraine, killing thousands of civilians, now for the first time, russian civilian killed on russian soil by ukrainian shelling. governor of belgorod across from kyiv, the region under a series of attacks but kyiv will neither confirm nor deny responsibility. doing what they can to stop russian aggression in the donbas region. two pontoon bridges built by russians have been destroyed. more from scott mcclain. >> reporter: governor of belgorod region says first time a russian civilian has been killed on russian soil inside the border due north of kharkiv. other villages on the russian side had been evacuated because the russians say some homes were destroyed or damaged in previous rounds of shelling, and there have been explosions, although the ukrainians with notable exception have not jumped up and down to claim responsibility for them. presidential adviser said after series of explosions on russian territory said karma is a cruel thing but didn't take responsible for the stri

this is "cnn newsroom." want to go back now to uvalde texas, where there's outrage and confusion after officials revised the details and time line of tuesday's horrific shooting at robb elementary school, on friday authorities revealed that 77 minutes passed between the time the gunman entered the school until when a tactical team finally entered a classroom where the 18-year-old gunman was holed up with the children and two teachers. while officers were waiting in the hallway students locked inside the room, just a mere feet from the shooter, called 911 pleading for help, officials now admit that mistakes were made, while the texas governor said he's infur rated by the information. >> it was the wrong decision, period, there was no excuse for that, but again, i wasn't there, but from what we know we believe there should be an entry as soon as you can. >> i was misled. i am livid. about what happened. >> the two funeral homes in uvalde said they'll cover in fact the funeral arrangesments for all 21 victims a