but germany won t cocommit to s the commitment. president zelenskyy addressed allies saying the time for talk has passed. the war started by russia does not allow delays. and i can thank you hundreds of times and it will be absolutely just in fear given all that we have already done. but, but hundreds of thank you are not hundreds of tanks. earlier today germany said it will take an inventory of its tanks, but again did not commit to sending them. and in ukraine the battles rage on. russian missile strikes hit friday killing at least one person. cnn s ben wedeman is there. what is the latest, ben? reporter: well, overnight the town south of here was struck by about 12 russian missiles. no word on casualty there. what we know is that there is mounting frustration among the ukrainians because, as the germans dither over whether to give the country the tanks it desperately needs, the front line is burning. in the trenches outside becahmu hoping to rappel russian forces on
his departure could happen in the coming weeks and marks a rare and significant turnover for the biden administration. the news comes at a time when the president is dealing with classified document controversy, and questions about his 2024 ambitions. let s get right to cnn s she joins us from delaware where president biden spending the weekend. here we go, some saturday news for us from the biden white house, what can you tell us? yes jim, pretty big news, as we have learned that white house chief of staff, ron klain, is expected to the part his post in the coming weeks. sources said that the transition is expected to happen after the save the union address, which is currently set for february 7th. really, this comes as there has been very little turnover amongst president biden s most senior staff. ron klain of courses within that inner circle of advisers that has been with president biden since he joined the white house, and has worked for biden before in the obama adm
backdrop for movies like home alone and ferris buhler s day off. police say a gunman fired on people along the parade route from a rooftop. a barrage of bullets just after 10:00 a.m., causing spec to it tors, mostly families with children, both young and old, to scatter. right now officials say the victims range from 8 to 85 years old. five adults died at the scene, a sixth person later passed away at the hospital. witnesses describing chaos where strollers and belongings lay scattered on the streets that have become a crime scene. i picked up my kids and ran again, i put them in a garbage dumpster, and then i ran back to look for my partner and her daughter, and i saw people shot on the ground. all of a sudden, there was a stampede of people coming, and then i realized it was gunshots. i literally thought to myself, this is how it s going to end. we hope to learn more about a man who they say has not been charged but is a person of interest. within eight hours after
or smugglers see laws unenforced, they ll abuse the laws. we ve seen increase brazenness by cartels that feel empowered because we don t have a federal government pushing back against those cartels and their illegal activity. of course, the worst thing of all is the catastrophic death that we have witnessed. now, we saw this horrendous death occur in a track in san antonio earlier this week. and it is heart breaking. the numbers have increased. it s now reported that 53 people in that truck lost their lives. it is the deadliest migrant smuggling incident on u.s. soil, and it s on president biden s watch. the thing about it is that it s not the only way in which people who are trying to migrate here lose their lives. in the harsh high temperature of texas in the summertime and the texas heat, it will prove even more deadly. every year there s many reports about migrants that lose their lives in the heat. i was visiting with the sheriff moments ago. he was telling me reports ab
arlington national cemetery. that was just a couple hours after president biden addressed reporters outside the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. the president told reporters gathered on the south lawn that there is, quote, no rational basis for the ability to purchase high-caliber assault weapons that can fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of the uvalde and buffalo massacre, which together left 31 people murdered, was ek code by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86-year-old ruth whitfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we re not looking for a vaccine. we know what works on this. it includes, let s have an assault weapons ban. background checks. why should anyone be able to buy a weapon th