that was really a great report on. it thank you. thank you. thank you a man. we have some breaking news from you all day right now. this is stunning. absolutely stunning news. yesterday afternoon, on our special memorial day coverage, i was echoing from six to 8 pm. and we reported to you then, that peter i would hondo, who was the commanding officer in the school, for those 78 minutes for when the police was doing nothing. he is the chief of police of the school district of you ve all day, that very small by person police force that he commands. he was also three weeks ago, an elected to the city council in uvalde. he won an election three weeks ago to the city council in uvalde. he was scheduled to be sworn in as a member of the city council today, at a city council meeting involved a. and yesterday, we reported to you, that that meeting of the city council for today was canceled. that was the end of the story. for today, as far as we knew. and now, tonight, the city
all day, that very small by person police force that he commands. he was also three weeks ago, an elected to the city council in uvalde. he won an election three weeks ago to the city council in uvalde. he was scheduled to be sworn in as a member of the city council today, at a city council meeting involved a. and yesterday, we reported to you, that that meeting of the city council for today was canceled. that was the end of the story. for today, as far as we knew. and now, tonight, the city council, the mayor of uvalde a, republican mayor of uvalde, has just issued a statement, indicating that no, they did not have the city council meeting. but, but, the police chief was sworn in. as a member of the city council today. and that that happened while he has been hiding out from investigators, who were trying to get more information from this police chief who has been a wall for two days. but he did get sworn in tonight as a member of the uvalde city council. and here is the wri
rest. as the city grieves over an unthinkable act and the questions still unanswered, we re looking to the country s elected leadership to finally take a stand, do anything, to help curb this endless cycle of senseless loss. in just the past week since the uvalde, massacre, there have been 18 more mass shootings across this country according to the gun violence archive in places like fresno, california, chattanooga, tennessee, benton harbor, michigan and taft, oklahoma. we just had the funerals for the victims in buffalo, houston and laguna woods, california. now, many more burials are being planned. in fact there have been 231 mass shootings so far this year, more than one per day. just let that sink in. so how would a rational country react to tragedy after tragedy committed with the use of the same weapons of war almost every time? how about expanding background cheques, banning hundreds of types of military-style weapons, starting a gun buyback program, banning the sale a
ah, hello, i m darned. jordan, this is al jazeera ally from dough are also coming up despite public colds for change. lebanese politicians elect a parliamentary speaker for his southern straight term and office. the 1st year olds are held for the victims killed him last weeks. my shooting at a texas elementary school, plus i m gabriel s onto in new york city, where the mayor has ordered the forceful removal of all home listen cabinets. it s proved to be highly controversial. that story coming up. ah. the governor of ukraine s lance grecian says, russian forces are now in control of most of several don. yet the eastern city is reportedly being destroyed by heavy fighting, making it impulse woods is that the humanitarian supplies, or evacuate civilians, though still trapped in the city a being advised to shelter in their sellers. most of our danny ask is key to moscow s efforts to complete the capture of lance, which makes up part of the don bass region. but russia has supporte
on this tuesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, and expressed optimism that quote rational republicans will make a move this time. he decried, easy access to high caliber weapons, while also discussing the limitations of his own power. s own power. one week after the deadly shooting in texas, funeral services are under way, for the victims. on a hot memorial day, american flags flew at half-staff in uvalde yesterday. not only for fallen soldie